France gets new Iran negotiator

France Taps Veteran diplomat Nicolas de Rivière to succeed Jacques Audibert as political director and lead negotiator for the P5+1 talks.
Jacques Audibert, General and Stategic Affairs director of France (3rd L) talks to Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (2nd L) as U.S. ambassador William Burns (C) Chinese assistant Foreign Minister Hailong Wu, European political adviser Robert Cooper from Britain and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (4th L-R) arrive for a meeting at the conference centre near the Swiss mission to the United Nations in Geneva, December 6, 2010. Six world powers began their first talks with Iran in more
Jacques Audibert, General and Stategic Affairs director of France (3rd L) talks to Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (2nd L) as US ambassador William Burns (C) Chinese assistant Foreign Minister Hailong Wu, European political adviser Robert Cooper from Britain and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (4th L-R) arrive for a meeting at the conference centre near the Swiss mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Dec. 6, 2010. - REUTERS/Anja Niedringhaus/Pool
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When six world powers and Iran next hold nuclear talks in Vienna June 16th, France will have a new top negotiator.

France’s longtime lead negotiator, political director Jacques Audibert, was tapped in May to head the French Presidential (Elysee) diplomatic office on G-7/G-8 and multilateral issues.

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