The visit to Jerusalem by Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot was marked by a diplomatic incident this Thursday, November 7, 2024.
The visit to Jerusalem by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot was marked Thursday by a diplomatic incident.
“An unacceptable situation”
The Israeli police entered “army” et “without authorization”according to the minister in the Eleona, a pilgrimage site managed by France in Jerusalem.
Mr. Barrot denounced a “unacceptable situation” and refused to enter the Eleona, a pilgrimage site: “The Israeli security forces entered in an armed manner (sic), without first obtaining authorization from France and without agreeing to leave. I want to say it with great firmness and great seriousness: this situation is unacceptable And this attack on the integrity of an area placed under the responsibility of France is likely to weaken the links that I came to cultivate with Israel at a time when we all need to move the region forward. path of peace”, declared the minister at the RFI microphone.
The Israeli police, for their part, arrested two French gendarmes on the spot, noted an AFP journalist. The correspondent for RFI filmed the scene.
Israeli police arrest 2 French gendarmes in the area of the French-owned Eleona in East Jerusalem. The gendarmes had asked the police not to enter this place before the planned visit of the MAE@jnbarrot pic.twitter.com/597vz2Manv
— Sami Boukhelifa (@sambklf) https://twitter.com/sambklf/status/1854544683646558335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“Continue a demanding dialogue on Lebanon and Gaza”
Jean-Noël Barrot met the outgoing Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz this Thursday. French Foreign Minister visits Israel “to continue a demanding dialogue on Lebanon and Gaza.”
He will also meet the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas and his Prime Minister, Mohamed Mustafa.
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