French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said private vehicles would be banned from some Paris roads and 2,800 police and gendarmes would be deployed to ensure security of the high-profile climate change summit that begins next week, The Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Cazeneuve outlined his plans Wednesday morning to keep 147 heads of state and government safe during a key climate summit known as the COP 21, which starts on Monday.
A large police and military presence will patrol the site of the conference at Le Bourget, outside Paris, and anti-riot squads would be mobilized on an unprecedented scale, Mr. Cazeneuve said. More than 8,000 police officers will also carry out checks on France’s borders.
French officials are seeking to send a reassuring message that Paris is safe enough to host an international climate conference. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are among those due to attend.
Since three teams of terrorists attacked Paris 10 days ago, a state of emergency has given police authority to confine dangerous individuals to their homes, ban public gatherings and conduct searches and raids without going through the normal judicial processes.
Mr. Cazeneuve repeated that police could shut down protests if they deemed that there was a security risk.