Question 16280 — foreign policy

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Mr. Jean-François Coulomme draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the persistent memorial paradox of French public speech concerning the coup d'état of September 11, 1973 in Chile and the dictatorship that resulted from it. If the humanitarian action of the French ambassador at the time, Pierre de Menthon, is legitimately praised for his valuable help provided to French men and women established in Chile during the fall of Salvador Allende's democratic government, a blind spot remains. This push for political asylum made it possible to house hundreds of political opponents of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, mainly left-wing activists, communists and socialists, within the embassy in Santiago, the capital, before they could finally leave for France. This humanitarian honor cannot, however, mask a much darker reality, since the official diplomacy of France has, at the same time, maintained a vagueness on commercial relations with this criminal regime. This historic double game is documented. In 2003, proposed resolution No. 1060, tabled by deputies Noël Mamère, Martine Billard and Yves Cochet, requested the creation of a commission of inquiry into the role of France in supporting military regimes in Latin America between 1973 and 1984, notably through the delivery of arms to Latin American military juntas. The rejection of this parliamentary initiative led to state silence weighing on France's indirect participation in the maintenance of authoritarian and dictatorial governments. He asks him if, while the duty of memory requires total transparency on the dark hours of French diplomacy, France has finally planned to speak out in a manner clear and to fully assume these historic acts at the highest level of the State.

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1. 23 June 2026

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