Speaking Sunday on Europe 1, from Lebanon where he went into exile, Carlos Ghosn, the former CEO of Renault-Nissan, criticized French diplomacy for having done nothing to help him get out of prison while incarcerated in Japan.

On Europe 1 Monday, a former French ambassador wishes to recall that the foreign courts are independent.

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It was an exclusive on Europe 1. Guest of Frédéric Taddeï Sunday morning, Carlos Ghosn, ex-CEO of Renault-Nissan, spoke from Lebanon on his new book to be published Wednesday. 

Together, still

 at Editions de l'Observatoire, writes with Carole, his wife, and which traces the couple's "descent into hell".

On November 19, 2018, the businessman was arrested in Tokyo as he stepped out of his private jet.

Charged with abuse of corporate assets and then breach of trust, he was imprisoned in the Japanese capital, then placed under house arrest.

In December 2019, he illegally reached Lebanon after an incredible flight. 

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 Frédéric Taddeï with Carlos and Carole Ghosn

From now on, Carlos Ghosn proclaims his innocence and cries of conspiracy.

At the microphone of Europe 1 Sunday morning, the fugitive notably reproached France for not having come to his aid.

"I also learned that on the day of my arrest, the United States Ambassador to Japan communicated to the French Ambassador to Japan saying: 'If Mr. Ghosn were the boss of General Motors, he would not be not been arrested for 24 hours, we would have repatriated him to the United States, and if there really are problems, then we discuss them in his country '", he said.

"The justice of this country is an independent justice!"

A dubious scenario according to Gérard Araud, the former French ambassador to the United States.

"You don't see why the US ambassador would brag like a 15-year-old kid. Unless the US ambassador in Tokyo is really a talkative adventurer, it seems rather unlikely to me," said Gérard Araud with Europe 1. "I don't see the point, and I see the risks: to be repeated, to be quoted, and to alienate the Japanese."

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"When I was ambassador, it happened on several occasions that French nationals had problems with local justice", reports this former diplomat.

"And each time, I was struck to be approached by friends or by the lawyer of the person in question to say to me: 'naturally, you are going to release him from prison or to bring him back to France'. They were always surprised that I told them: 'But wait, the justice of this country is an independent justice!' ", reports Gérard Araud.

"'No one can do it, not even the local authorities, and if I intervened, it would be more likely to be counterproductive.'"