Consolidating peace is aim: CP
vatican city — His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, said that consolidating efforts for peace, security, stability and development in the world is one of the UAE’s main objectives. It stems from its core belief that achieving peace and security is a prerequisite for reaching comprehensive and sustainable development.
Speaking on the occasion of his visit to the Vatican, Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed said the UAE, under the leadership of the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, does not hesitate to participate actively with the international community in all that is pertinent to achieving security, stability and development, as well as in promoting values of peace.
Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed also expressed his pleasure at his visit to Vatican City and the discussions with Pope Francis. “We are working together on promoting and enabling, in order for peace and stability to prevail,” Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed said.
He added that the tendency for militancy and extremism is in part due to the absence of a culture of coexistence, dialogue and acceptance of others. There is, he said, an urgent need to strengthen cooperation among all countries to promote constructive dialogue between cultures, respect for different beliefs and religions, and spread the culture of peace.
Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed said the UAE appreciates the efforts taken by Pope Francis to confront ideas of intolerance, extremism and violence as well as at- tempts to defile places of religious sanctity. He also praised the continuous initiatives of Pope Francis to deal with various challenges and crisis facing the world, such as poverty, ignorance, violence and the culture of hatred, these being inseparable from worsening intolerance and extremism. —Wam