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From Paris

Diplomacy is a story written with delicate hands and the tension and suspense of a spy novel. Emmanuel Macron was an excellent author of this story. Without anybody expecting it, "The third man" hit the Monday of the 26 most industrialized countries of Biarritz (France). It was not one of the two protagonists who had monopolized the center of the summit. It began: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his fires in the Amazon, or Chinese President Xi Jinping, a country in the middle of a trade war with US President Donald Trump. It was the third, most inconceivable: the head of Iranian diplomacy Mohamad Javad Zarif. The Chancellor landed in Biarritz amid a wave of rumors and denials. But he arrived and met first the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, then Macron himself. President Donald Trump, the main soldier of the anti-Iranian cause in the region, was not only extracted from the nuclear deal signed in 2015 in Vienna, but also adopted a set of sanctions against Tehran and threatened to bombing the country: Last June, Trump halted a military attack against Iran at the last moment.

Well before the opening of the summit, Macron had initiated a mediation between Iranians and Americans, whose most unique episode is precisely the trip of the Iranian officials to Biarritz. Poker has been served on the table with all the risks involved when dealing with a volatile and volatile player like Trump. Macron may lose tomorrow everything he has earned today. The proof is that the French presidency said that "everything was played in a few hours. And as soon as possible, we informed the countries of Europe and North America, "denied Trump. The US head of state said that Macron had not been instructed to speak on behalf of the G7: "No, we have not talked about it," Trump said. The French head of state later admitted that it was "true" since the G7 is an "informal club" that does not grant warrants.

This does not detract from the brightness of Mohamad Javad Zarif's presence. The presidency badured that "the discussions were positive" and "will continue". The context was not conducive to such a gesture. Good diplomacy achieves its goals without a declaration of war or bragging when it comes to advancing difficult issues. Macron, the least of this phase, has built bridges. Since the United States left the nuclear deal in May 2018, the tension was mounting dangerously with almost warlike episodes such as those occurred in the Persian Gulf. In July, following the sanctions imposed by the United States, Iran ceased to fulfill some of the commitments set out in the Vienna agreement regarding its nuclear program.

Macron was determined to ensure that Washington "softened" the sanctions imposed to punish Iran in exchange for the Iranians' compliance with the obligations agreed in the 2015 agreement between the 5 members of the UN Security Council. United Nations and Germany. . "The road is difficult, but it is worthwhile to continue," the Iranian foreign minister said. In the same way, no matter what Trump says, no foreign minister in a country like Iran comes to a summit without the others knowing it. At least, in this perspective, the Paris mediation offered a tangible image of the fact that something is moving. The trumpismo continues affirming that no one knew that the Iranian chancellor would arrive in Biarritz and, still less, that Trump had approved it. The Palais de l'Elysée maintains the opposite. French diplomatic sources dispelled even more doubts when they said: "We have worked in full transparency with the United States and our European partners". The French version seems all the more likely that, according to the same sources, the "representatives of Germany and the United Kingdom were present at the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of France and the United Kingdom. ;Iran". According to Paris, the only objective of the visit of the Iranian leader is that the "tension drops" and "a pause allowing an effective negotiation" is agreed. France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia and China have remained faithful to the Vienna Agreement, despite US pressure and sanctions that may be imposed on companies in these countries with Iran.

After the incendiary debut of the summit with the suspension of the agreement between Mercosur and the European Union following the fires in the Amazon, Paris has returned to its diplomacy of historic cbads: no war power but " balance of power ". The controversy over whether Trump knew or not is already a mere detail or an act of bad faith on the part of the American president. However, despite his tirades, Trump also showed a willingness to negotiate. This has been demonstrated by the three meetings he has had with one of the most bitter enemies of the White House, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

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