Far-right leader Le Pen meets with ambassadors at UN

The leader of France's far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen (right), was at United Nations headquarters for lunch on Thursday with several ambassadors, speaking briefly with Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor (left).

By News Wires (text)

AFP - Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's right-wing National Front party, had lunch at the United Nations Thursday with a handful of ambassadors, and Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor stopped by for a chat.

The lunch was not open to the press and Le Pen made no comment before entering a dining room set for 30 people.

"I am a free man," the Israeli ambassador told reporters before entering the room. He left 20 minutes later before the lunch began.

"We flourish on the diversity of ideas," Prosor said. "We talked about Europe, about other issues and I enjoyed the conversation very much."

Three ambassadors to the United Nations also took part: the ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago Rodney Charles, Uruguay's Jose Luis Cancela and Armenia's Garen Nazarian. The number two at the Japanese mission, Kazuo Kodama, also attended.

Le Pen was scheduled to meet with a group of Republican women in the afternoon.

One day earlier, she accused France's UN ambassador Gerard Araud of having sent "a rather strong message" that she was not welcome.

"The French government is very upset with my presence here and is seeking to minimize the impact of my visit by any means possible," Le Pen told reporters Wednesday.

Date created : 04/11/2011

Comments (4)

are you thinking of africa?

by Anonyme (not verified) - 07/11/2011 - 13:02

african,s suffering to much on financial crisis
please come to our aid

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The Blue Wave is nearing

by Karen Lim (not verified) - 04/11/2011 - 21:20

The self hating political establishment are terrified by the blue wave sweeping France. The French Voter is fed up with their failed policies on the economy, unemployment, Europe and immigration and the obvious alternative in the Front National. The tactics used to try and contain the surging support for Marine Le Pen range from belittlement to fake opinion polls on voter intentions. I can't wait for April 2012!

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Len Pen

by Felix Carrasquillo Jr. (not verified) - 04/11/2011 - 14:58

The following is in reference to a visit by Le Pen of the far right political party from France making a spot at the French UN invitation lunch engagement visit with other diplomat at the UN in New York that was reported unofficial by the French UN rep. Does anybody know whether they had a conversation about what I had said about the far right center government of Sarkozy ignoring the plead that I had made at the United Nations for Political Asylum out of the United States to France and the fact that I had called Sarkozy a son of a bitch for ignoring that plead which I had said I will get even with those responsible in the France government for ignoring my plead for political Asylum. All political parties in France should respect the fact that I played a major role in ending the cold war. No public acknowledgment what so ever by the France government have been made regarding this and I warned them at the EU parliament if they do not adhere to my request for an apology from them that political events in Europe will take a different turn of events and sure it has as I had addressed the global banking issues. Let it be another warning to Sarkozy and others that I am still waiting for an official French government reply and the same could be said about Angela Merkle in Germany...etc. I want to know who in the U.S. Republican party had informed the Sarkozy government not to mention anything about what I had said at the United Nations.