For Pierre Moscovici, France did not have to "be first in line" in Côte d'Ivoire

For the Socialist MP Pierre Moscovici, France should not be "front line" in the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, because it is "the Africans themselves to resolve this matter." "We are no longer in French Africa," shouted Mr. Moscovici, RTL on Tuesday, December 28, to support his argument. "We have interests in Côte d'Ivoire, soldiers, citizens, we have not necessarily put pressure primarily" to solve the crisis, he said.


In his view, the mission of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African) that should arrive in Ivory Coast Tuesday is best able to resolve the situation. "I think it is this pressure then it should allow, and at the same time we must not accept the language of Laurent Gbagbo," who "plays the tension and decay," he said.

I want believe that a diplomatic solution is still possible in Côte d'Ivoire. " On Monday, the defense minister, Alain Juppe, had said that France was ready to "join" to sanctions imposed by the international community. "If force must be used," he warned, however, that the United Nations to decide or to African organizations, this is not France who will decide.

" Pierre Moscovici is also returned on information revealed by Le Parisien, that the socialist Roland Dumas and lawyer Jacques Verges were expected in Abidjan to defend the positions of Mr. Gbagbo. "I deeply regret, as I regret that he has still found some time ago to support the Socialist Laurent Gbagbo," he said, referring particularly to the member Henri Emmanuelli.

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