<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it was closely monitoring the case of Emirati citizen Pavel Durov, founder of the Telegram app, who was arrested by French authorities at Bourget airport.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">UAE Foreign Ministry announces its follow-up of Pavel Durov's case</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img src="https://www.agenzianova.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/21420233640_af99df58f4_c.jpg" alt="Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram platform, arrested in Paris"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that it had “sent a request to the French government to provide all consular services to him urgently.” The ministry added that caring for citizens, preserving their interests, following up on their affairs, and providing them with all aspects of care are top priorities for the UAE.</p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested</span> </h3><figure class="image"><img src="https://al24news.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/5e8ce1a4d48f4d868036b6b6eee6f42a.jpg" alt="Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at Le Bourget airport near Paris - AL24 News"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> French authorities arrested Pavel Durov, the French-Russian billionaire and founder of the Telegram messaging app, at an airport outside the French capital, Paris.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> French media reported that Durov, the founder of the Telegram application, was arrested at Le Bourget Airport on Saturday evening, while traveling from Azerbaijan on his private plane, based on a French arrest warrant. The investigation will be conducted into the lack of supervisors of the Telegram application’s content, which causes criminal activities to occur through the application.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the French judiciary, the failure to moderate Telegram content, cooperate with security forces, and provide encryption tools led to Pavel Durov’s involvement in numerous cases, including drug trafficking, child sexual exploitation crimes, and fraud crimes.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One of the investigators also stated that many crimes had been committed through the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.sbisiali.com/news/article/he-could-be-imprisoned-for-20-years-telegram-founder-arrested-at-paris-airport">Telegram</a> application and that Durov had not taken any action to stop or reduce them, and he is likely to be sentenced to twenty years in prison.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> For its part, the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7&wprov=acrw1_0">Russian</a> embassy in France began taking some steps to clarify the situation, while some Russian politicians criticized this behavior by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7&wprov=acrw1_0">France</a> , considering that it is acting like a dictatorial state, and they called for protests in front of the French embassies.</p>