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World Leaders Offer Mixed Reactions After Mayhem at US Capitol

VOA News

   Mixed reactions of shock, sadness and sarcasm continue to be heard from
   around the world over Wednesday's storming of the U.S. Capitol by
   supporters of President Donald Trump angry over his loss in November's
   presidential election.
   "What happened today in Washington, D.C., is not America," French
   President Emmanuel Macron said in a video message on Twitter late
   Wednesday. "We believe in the strength of our democracies. We believe
   in the strength of American democracy."

     We believe in democracy.[1]#WeAreOne [2]pic.twitter.com/dj3hs66KKn
     -- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) [3]January 7, 2021

   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "distressed" to see the
   "rioting and violence" in Washington in a statement issued on his
   Twitter account. "Orderly and peaceful transfer of power must continue.
   The democratic process cannot be allowed to be subverted through
   unlawful protests."

     Distressed to see news about rioting and violence in Washington DC.
     Orderly and peaceful transfer of power must continue. The democratic
     process cannot be allowed to be subverted through unlawful protests.
     -- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) [4]January 7, 2021

   Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry expressed regret over the violence in
   a statement issued Thursday. The ministry said it had sent out an
   emergency notice to Taiwanese citizens "to raise their level of
   alertness and pay attention to safety" in regards to the curfew imposed
   by local Washington officials.
   Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Zahid Hafeez Choudhri told
   reporters Thursday the government is closely following the developments
   in Washington. "We are hopeful that the situation will soon normalize
   and would not in any way impact the ongoing transition process,"
   Choudhri said.
   Raoof Hasan, a special assistant to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran
   Khan, told VOA the images of pro-Trump extremists forcing their way
   into the House of Representatives and Senate chambers as lawmakers were
   certifying President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory proves
   the United States "commands little moral legitimacy to be commenting on
   democratic principles obtaining in other countries. "If the United
   States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the
   United States would invade the United States to liberate the United
   States from the tyranny of the United States," Hasan said on Twitter.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreOne?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://t.co/dj3hs66KKn
   3. https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1346997796180643840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   4. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1347009724789653508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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