French President Emmanuel Macron expressed France’s “solidarity” towards Qatar and urged all parties for “de-escalation and return to the table of negotiations,” following the missile attack on a U.S. military base.
In a message posted on X, Macron said “the spiral of chaos must stop.”
Iran launches missile attacks on US base in Qatar
French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot denounced a “dangerous escalation for which Iran bears a heavy responsibility.”
Speaking on national television France 2, Barrot said there’s “a spiral of violence that puts the region at risk of a generalized conflagration.”
Earlier on Sunday, President Emmanuel Macron attended a national security meeting on the crisis between Israel and Iran in the Jupiter room at the Elysee Palace in Paris.