Gilbert Sinuet calls on the West not to interfere in Arab affairs
Gilbert Sinuet, a French journalist and novelist,
said on Wednesday that democracy in the East will never be like democracy in
France or as in the West.
"It is necessary for the West to redefine its
vital interests in the Arab region so that the Arab societies can see that
there is no intention to control them,” he told a seminar organized by the
Middle East Center for Studies in Paris (CEMO).
"It is also necessary to say frankly that there
is no need for the Western intervention in the Arab region, and leave the Arab
world decide its own future,” he added.
Titled "Human Rights at the Time of War on
Terrorism and social Crises: Between Idealism and Realism", the seminar is
moderated by Ahmed Youssef, CEMO's executive director.
Speaking at the seminar – apart from Ali – will be
General Robert Pryce, the former commander of French troops in Yugoslavia, the
former director of the Anfalid military museum, and the current president of
the Napoleon Foundation.
Gilbert Sinuet, a French journalist and writer who
accompanied French President Emmanuel Macaron during his latest visit to Egypt,
will also speak at the seminar, along with Roland Lombardi from the French
National Institute for Studies and Research of the Islamic and Arab Worlds.
