Anne-Claire Legendre, spokesperson for the Quai d’Orsay: “Emmanuel Macron wants combat diplomacy”

Published on: 06/09/2022 – 17:00 While diplomacy is under severe test during this period dominated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a redefinition of international relations is underway. To talk about it, Cyril Payen receives Anne-Claire Legendre, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She returns in particular to the speech of the Head of State during the “conference of ambassadors and ambassadors” during which he expressed his desire to see France acquire a “combat diplomacy”. During the conference organized last week in Paris, the ambassadors were invited to be much more present in the virtual space. The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explains that it is necessary to fight against the unfounded assertions relayed by state and non-state actors, in Africa and elsewhere. “We are going to create and rearm our diplomacy with new credits, new jobs created at the Quai d’Orsay, in particular on these issues of the fight against disinformation”, declares the spokesperson.