The French foreign minister asserted his countrys, explaining that its war isn’t against Islam but terrorism and extremist ideologies. His statements were made during a joint press conference held Monday in Rabat with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron reneged on his statements following the publication of the insulting cartoons on Prophet Mohammed. During Monday’s meeting in Rabat, Le Drian and Bourita discussed several topics of shared interest, including the Libyan crisis and the situation in the Sahel. Le Drian said that France is concerned with Polisario’s blockade in Guerguerat, a town in the buffer zone along the Morocco-Mauritania border. The statement relayed France’s “worries about the current blockade in the buffer zone of Guerguerat,” commending Morocco’s diplomatic and responsible approach to Polisario’s provocations. The French minister asserted France’s “constant” support for a “just, lasting, and mutually agreed upon” solution to the Western Sahara dispute, under the aegis of the UN and in accordance with Security Council resolutions. Earlier in Cairo, he met senior Egyptian officials, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri, and Grand Mufti of Al-Azhar Ahmed Tayeb in a bid to deescalate tensions resulting from the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet. "We have a first principle which is the highest respect for Islam," Le Drian told reporters. "I also want to say that Muslims are fully part of society in France." Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper asked the French FM whether his country plans on taking a different approach towards the republication of the cartoon, within its efforts to defuse tension, but he affirmed that France has no problem with Islam and is not in a battle against it.