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Jean-Yves Le Drian, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and personal envoy of the president to Lebanon, was the guest on «8h30 franceinfo» on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. War in the Middle East, Donald Trump’s visit to China… He answered questions from Agathe Lambret and Paul Larrouturou.»Peace through force doesn’t work,» says Jean-Yves Le Drian»Peace through force doesn’t work. It doesn’t work because peace through force is actually war, it’s actually chaos. And as time goes on, force gets bogged down and peace is not achieved,» said the special envoy of the President of the Republic to Lebanon. According to him, this approach illustrates «Donald Trump’s failure.» The former Foreign Minister also recalled the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, contrasting a negotiation logic with that of war. «When in 2015, the nuclear issue arose in exactly the same way (…), there was a long, difficult negotiation, there was an agreement. And it was President Trump who broke it in 2018,» he emphasized.The war in Iran is «a game of poker,»While tensions persist between Washington and Tehran and the ceasefire hangs by a thread, Jean-Yves Le Drian believes that «we will have to acknowledge this» «failure.» However, he perceived «a search on the part of the Trump administration to get out of this impasse.» Describing the ongoing discussions, he compared the situation to «a kind of game of poker,» where «everyone is bluffing,» thinking that «everyone has an interest in stopping, but no one will say it.» According to him, Donald Trump «needs to get out» of the conflict, «but he will never say it since the war goals have not been officially achieved.»It is «China that will lead the dance» during Donald Trump’s visitAs Donald Trump is expected in Beijing on Wednesday to meet Xi Jinping, Jean-Yves Le Drian believes that «it is China that will lead the dance.» The country «is very different from what he saw in 2017,» the date of the last visit by the American president. Donald Trump en Chine : La montée en puissance de la Chine selon Jean-Yves Le Drian[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loZc-ziFItQ[/embed]
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Jean-Yves Le Drian, ancien ministre des Affaires étrangères et envoyé personnel du président au Liban, était l’invité du «8h30 franceinfo»,…

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