Sarkozy tries to appease Netanyahu

After being caught calling Netanyahu a 'liar' French president sends particularly friendly letter to Israeli PM offering close cooperation on issue of Iran sanctions

Itamar Eichner

Published:  11.13.11, 09:38 / Israel News

Days after being caught calling Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar" in a private conversation with US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is now trying to minimize the damage.

Sarkozy sent a personal letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu over the weekend addressing the IAEA's report on Iran's nuclear program, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday.

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The letter contains particularly harsh statements against Iran and is signed with the words "with friendship" in the French president's own hand-writing. The gesture is quite uncommon within diplomatic correspondence.


The letter was relayed to Netanyahu by French Ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot. Read the rest on: Ynet

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