The Quai d’Orsay launched, on Friday, September 5, “French Responsion” on X. It is presented as the “Official Riposte account” French diplomacy and aims to “Counter the fallacious attacks of which (France is) the target “Defined the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, Friday September 5.
Contacted by The world, diplomatic sources ensure that this account aims “To provide a quick response to hostile foreign allegations by restoring the facts” and at “Equiping a complementary expression channel with existing institutional accounts, adapted to the current tone of international interactions”.
The first in the viewfinder of French diplomacy was, on Friday, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who mentioned the recognition of the State of Palestine by France scheduled for September at the General Assembly of the United Nations. “The minute – the day – where France announced that it would, Hamas retired from the negotiating table”, He put forward, then visiting the Ecuadorian capital, Quito.
“No, the recognition of a State of Palestine has not caused the failure of negotiations on the release of Israeli hostages”Formulated French Response, in this first intervention. In support, a first tweet of Israeli diplomacy reporting the failure of the negotiations, then, five hours later, the announcement by Emmanuel Macron, on July 29 on X, of the next recognition of a State of Palestine.
An offensive communication in the Near Oriental file
The Quai d’Orsay stresses that the lack of agreement on hostages is attributable to Hamas, as recognized by different countries in a declaration After the conference co -chaired by Paris and Riyadh “on the peaceful regulation of Palestine’s question and the implementation of the two -state solution” and as American emissary Steve Witkoff wrote on July 24: “We decided to repatriate our Doha team for consultations following the last reaction of Hamas, which clearly testifies to a lack of desire to reach a cease-fire in Gaza. Despite the considerable efforts made by the mediators, Hamas seems neither coordinated nor in good faith. »»
This X account is part of a desire for French diplomacy to publicly respond to attacks, in particular on this Near Oriental file. At the end of August, Emmanuel Macron responded firmly in a six -page letter to the Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, who accused him of fueling the “Anti -Semitic fire” By announcing a next recognition from the State of Palestine. The President of the Republic then denounced the“Instrumentalization” anti -Semitism by the head of government of the Hebrew state, which he called “Getting out of the deadly and illegal flight from a permanent war in Gaza”.
