adminPresident Nicolas Sarkozy called Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu a “liar”.
In the chat picked up by an open microphone at this month’s G20 summit in France, Obama also appeared to show frustration with the Israeli prime minister, with whom he has had a tense relationship.
“With respect to the ‘hot mic’ in France, I’m not going to comment on conversations that I have with individual leaders,” Obama said. But at a Press conference in Hawaii after an Asia-Pacific summit, Obama went on to say he had a “frank and firm” conversation with French President Nicolas Sarkozy about France’s vote to allow the Palestinians to join the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).
“I had consistently made the argument that the only way we’re going to solve the Middle East situation is if Palestinians and Israelis sit down at the table and negotiate; that it is not going to work to try to do an end run through the United Nations.” – AFP.
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