French President Emmanuel Macron shook the entire Muslim world with his remarks on a dead school teacher who made cartoons of the Prophet (PBUH). This move further fueled Islamophobia in Western Europe and India as well. Muslims held protests in several countries and called for boycotts of French products.
French President Emmanuel Macron has apologised to Albania after staff at the Stade de France stadium by mistake played the anthem of Andorra and then make an apology to Armenia while hosting the France-Albania Euro 2020 qualifying match.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama tweeted that Macron apologised for playing the wrong anthem mistakenly in the match, in which France beat Albanians 4-1.
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Rama tweeted, “President Macron presented his sincere apologies for the shameful gaffe by the French football federation with our national anthem.”
“The French President considered the gaffe as an ‘unacceptable error’ and he respected the reaction of our players,” he added.
The presidential office of France confirmed Macron had made the apology.
Firefighters are trying to retrieve the artworks stored inside the 850 year old Gothic building.
The fire broke out at approximately 18:30 and soon, it took into its flames the wooden interiors as well as thee stained-glass windows before destroying the spire.
It heavily damaged the cathedral roof in no time.
The main structure of Notre-Dame was saved from complete destruction after four hours of hard work and “extreme courage” shown by the firefighters.
The cause of fire is yet to be cleared and the prosecutor office has opened up an inquiry into the “Accidental destruction by fire”.
Emmanuel Macron, the President, has called the event a “terrible tragedy” and has promised on launching an international fund-raising scheme for rebuilding Notre-Dame.