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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums*SURPRISE* Macron Invites Iran's Zarif to G-7 Sidelines, Risks U.S. Outrage
Emmanuel Macron has thrown his G-7 guests a mid-summit curveball -- inviting Irans foreign minister for a surprise visit in a move that risks infuriating Donald Trumps administration.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew to Biarritz, the French seaside resort town thats the site of the summit, on Sunday as leaders met nearby. The French government insisted he wasnt in the town to join the G-7, but instead to meet nearby with the French foreign minister as part of a bid by Macron to deescalate the crisis.
Still, the arrival came as a stunning development, and several delegations appear to have been caught off-guard -- the Americans and Canadians declined to say if they had advance notice, while the Italians found out from French news wire AFP. Iran already has dominated the discussions at the G-7, with Macron and Trump sparring over Macrons outreach to the Islamic Republic.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-25/macron-invites-iran-s-zarif-to-g-7-sidelines-risks-u-s-outrage
Me.
(35,454 posts)Some nice shade thrown that comes with a warning to both the traitor and the US as a whole. We no longer care what you think/want.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Treaties have meaning
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)calimary
(81,440 posts)Glad to see SOMEBODYS taking a leadership position.
And Im mighty glad it ISNT trump.
After the way he trashed the nuclear deal some of our finest minds worked painstakingly hard to achieve, seems like a smart move to reach out to the Iranians. At least build a rope bridge or something since the concrete one got knocked down.
lark
(23,147 posts)Bet he and his wife had a huge laugh about this.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Number 7 in the line of succession.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Good on Macron. Remember when the gop members were all giggling like schoolgirls about inviting Netanyahoo to address THEM without letting PRESIDENT Obama know he was in the country? Well, shove your indignation where the sun don't shine about this little deal. A SANE leader invites another politician to discuss world affairs, so what? President Obama is still respected worldwide. tRump will NEVER gain respect, he is a loser in every sense of the word. If the gentleman from Iran walked up to tRump, would he even know who he was? We could all pick tRump out of a crowd. He is the fattest, orangest one with yellow "hair" and a scowl.
oasis
(49,400 posts)usaf-vet
(6,196 posts)rage and pouting from the spoiled child from the U.S.A.
Without his twitter account, his voice would fall on deaf ears. MSM needs to ignore his temper tantrums.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)...that some or all of the other allies had signed on to. He left them holding the bag.
They had no need to inform Mr Trump of anything.
If the Republicans think this doesn't matter, they have their heads buried so deep in the sand that you can't even see the soles of their feet.
George II
(67,782 posts)Betcha his twitter finger is itching.
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)triron
(22,011 posts)triron
(22,011 posts)triron
(22,011 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,165 posts)He'll need them.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)and find people behaving as they will.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)like he did during the last summit yet? Can't help but think that's what Macron is really trying to do here, rather than trying to deescalate the Iran situation.
underpants
(182,868 posts)I'm really a Reds fan but that ship ain't sailing.
Braves fan too.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)They need some better relief pitching...
Pompoy
(123 posts)They always want to sell to anybody, even Iran or even North Korea if there is some money to be made, no matter how small the profit might look to American sensibilities. Very cynical people and politicians.
Leith
(7,813 posts)all the women who accused chumpy of attacking them.
But inviting the Iranian foreign minister has plausible deniability. Well played, Mr. Macron.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Thanks to Trump. He's made friends of our adversaries an adversaries of our friends.