Former French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius testified last week in the case against cement manufacturer Lafarge, that is suspected of financing terrorist groups in Syria in exchange for keeping its plant running in the country in the midst of war.
According to the ex-minister, he was not aware of the company's activities and ties to terrorists, but his opponents and even some representatives of his own political camp can hardly believe the former minister.
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I did not see anything, I did not know anything — this is the line of defense that Laurent Fabius has chosen. France's former top diplomat gave a testimony on July 20 in the case of terrorism funding by French firm Lafarge. The Le Monde newspaper found out exactly what the ex-minister said.
“I have never dealt with matters relating to Lafarge, I declare with all responsibility,” Laurent Fabius repeated tirelessly to the French company case investigators Charlotte Bilger and David De Pas. The former Foreign Minister even claims that he does not remember if he knew then that Lafarge had a factory in Syria. “If the question is to determine whether I knew or not about the fact that Lafarge had a plant in Syria, I certainly do not remember.”
Lafarge is accused of making payments to terrorist groups including Daesh* to continue running its plant in Syria at a time when the war there…
