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French Foreign Minister: All Our Acts in Middle East Are Aimed at Reducing Tensions

French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne holds a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France, April 2, 2024. (Reuters)
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne holds a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France, April 2, 2024. (Reuters)
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French Foreign Minister: All Our Acts in Middle East Are Aimed at Reducing Tensions

French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne holds a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France, April 2, 2024. (Reuters)
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne holds a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France, April 2, 2024. (Reuters)

All of France's actions in the Middle East are aimed at reducing tensions in the region, said French Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne on Tuesday, as he held a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Sejourne declined to address the topic of the airstrike earlier this week on the Iranian embassy compound in Syria.

Iran has blamed Israel for the attack, while Israel has not declared responsibility for it.

Sejourne said the danger of an escalation in regional violence in the Middle East was the responsibility of certain actors in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.

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France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
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France Declines to Comment on Algeria’s Anger over Recognition of Morocco’s Claim over Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)
French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. (AFP file)

Paris declined to comment on Algeria’s “strong condemnation” of the French government’s decision to recognize Morocco’s claim over the Sahara.

The office of the French Foreign Ministry refused to respond to an AFP request for a comment on the Algeria’s stance.

It did say that further comments could impact the trip Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is set to make to France in late September or early October.

The visit has been postponed on numerous occasions over disagreements between the two countries.

France had explicitly expressed its constant and clear support for the autonomy rule proposal over the Sahara during Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne’s visit to Morocco in February, reported AFP.

The position has helped improve ties between Rabat and Paris.

On Thursday, the Algerian Foreign Ministry expressed “great regret and strong denunciation" about the French government's decision to recognize an autonomy plan for the Western Sahara region "within Moroccan sovereignty”.

Algeria was informed of the decision by France in recent days, an Algerian foreign ministry statement added.

The ministry also said Algeria would draw all the consequences from the decision and hold the French government alone completely responsible.