Gérard Araud – Sergei Lavrov, the (talented) voice of his master

VSEach country has its own style of negotiation. We do not negotiate in the same way with the Americans, the Germans or the Chinese. I imagine that our partners have the same thoughts when they have French people in front of them. In this regard, I could give them tips….

Russia is no exception, far from it. Its diplomats, who are always of high quality, defend their position point by point in the belief that international relations are a zero-sum game. No need to wave before them the prospect of a “win-win” solution, they will continue their trench warfare until exhaustion, yours often coming before theirs. At the United Nations, when my exhausted collaborators came to complain about the Russian obstruction of which they…