MP Nabil Nicola on Friday protested against a request by French authorities to take off his shoes at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport.

A statement by Nicola's office said that during a short stopover in Paris, the MP who is a member of Michel Aoun's Change and Reform parliamentary bloc, was asked by French authorities to take his shoes off, but he refused.

It was at this point that security authorities attempted to arrest him, but he did not succumb, the statement added.

Nicola then called Lebanon's ambassador to Paris as well as the Lebanese foreign minister to protest against the move.

"Until when will the dignity of MPs be lost?" Nicola asked the Lebanese government.