In a storm, Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi declare that the alliance is not broken

"We remain fully committed to this alliance" who form the world's largest automobile group, said the three companies in a joint statement, while Ghosn is still being held in Japan for alleged embezzlement.

Goshn He is currently detained in Japan, where he denied the charges of financial misconduct.

Questioned by the courts, the Franco-Lebanese-Brazilian, who remains formally president of the Renault group, He said that he had never intended to hide his income, according to unidentified sources cited by the NHK chain.

Goshn is believed to have downplayed his Nissan board chair income by around 5 billion yen (38 million euros) for five years starting in 2011.

He is also accused of having done the same thing over the next three fiscal years, according to Japanese newspapers. Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei, for a total value of 8,000 million yen (more than 62 million euros) hidden from the Japanese financial authorities.

The former director is also suspected of not having declared a bonus higher than 30 million euros, linked to the capital gains on his shares, according to the newspaper Nikkei.

Local media reported that Nissan had formed a team "secret " This year, the Japanese news agency Kyodo News quoted anonymous sources to investigate Ghosn's financial misconduct, including the eventual destruction of evidence.

The leaders of the three companies are scheduled to meet this week at what will be their first meeting since the arrest of Goshnaccording to local media.