Lunch between French and Iranian presidents canceled: France refused request to serve halal food and

[Mrc]

Fish is no problem...problem seems to be french mindset

 

[livingdead]

Go but don't eat!

outside food not allowed.

 

[Beidou2020]

French are total losers. They don't know how to do diplomacy. That's why they always lost to the Brits during their empire days.

France is an irrelevant country in the world pretending to be important by hanging onto the coattail of the US.

You won't see Chinese or Americans fight about food when doing diplomacy. They will serve the food their guests want and get deals done. The French don't care about getting deals done, they care about petty things like having wine.

That's why the Americans laugh at the French all the time.

It would be very appropriate for France to remove the red part and blue part of their flag and fly the remaining part.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Charectoristics of a non serious nation, image that haunts french history to the point of it being used in jokes frequently

Would you serve wine to French delegates if they visit Pakistan/Iran?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

This is precisely my point, you cater to the wishes of the guest of honor. I doubt the French President considers the Iranian President as an honorable guest.

Ah you missed one CRITICAL difference! It says they served Obama a non-vegetarian dish. But it doesn't say Modi (or anybody else there) was also FORCED to eat a non-vegetarian dish. Modi (and others) probably had a vegetarian dish themselves! The accommodation of having different dishes worked out. Everybody was happy.

However the Iranian President says EVERYBODY must eat a halal dinner and EVERYBODY also can not drink wine. So unlike Modi he was only accommodating himself at the expense of everybody else.

If Obama said Modi had to eat the same non-vegetarian dish he was eating I'm sure Modi would have declined too. Then you'd call Obama a hero and Modi a bad host.

 

[xyxmt]

Iran is just trolling french

 

[Penguin]

Fish is no problem...problem seems to be french mindset

Snails, froglegs?

French are total losers. They don't know how to do diplomacy. That's why they always lost to the Brits during their empire days.

France is an irrelevant country in the world pretending to be important by hanging onto the coattail of the US.

You won't see Chinese or Americans fight about food when doing diplomacy. They will serve the food their guests want and get deals done. The French don't care about getting deals done, they care about petty things like having wine.

That's why the Americans laugh at the French all the time.

It would be very appropriate for France to remove the red part and blue part of their flag and fly the remaining part.

My my, what eloquence. And so much substance too? A piece rife with astute observations.


... good grief!

 

[Blue Marlin]

it depends on who it is. if it was for a leader from either Qatar, Saudi Arabia, or the UAE then they wont bother asking and will do it without asking. france has been harsh to iran more in particular in negotiations for the sanctions to be lifted, which would be to please other middle eastern countries. and they were rewarded with a lot of defence contracts, examples being from eygpt and qatar.

on a side note, i dont think they will be buying airbus planes.

 

[fallstuff]

Ah you missed one CRITICAL difference! It says they served Obama a non-vegetarian dish. But it doesn't say Modi (or anybody else there) was also FORCED to eat a non-vegetarian dish. Modi (and others) probably had a vegetarian dish themselves! The accommodation of having different dishes worked out. Everybody was happy.

However the Iranian President says EVERYBODY must eat a halal dinner and EVERYBODY also can not drink wine. So unlike Modi he was only accommodating himself at the expense of everybody else.

If Obama said Modi had to eat the same non-vegetarian dish he was eating I'm sure Modi would have declined too. Then you'd call Obama a hero and Modi a bad host.

Nowhere in the article or anywhere else I noticed where Iran made a demand that everybody eat Halal on the table. Rouhini did insist that no wine be present on the table, which may be a reason good enough for the French to go to war !! Iranian requests are not that off the wall, folks make stranger requests.

The French are more gungho about their traditions.

This reminds me Pierre the French Fighter Pilot Joke !!!

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Nowhere in the article or anywhere else I noticed where Iran made a demand that everybody eat Halal on the table. Rouhini did insist that no wine be present on the table, which may be a reason good enough for the French to go to war !! Iranian requests are not that off the wall, folks make stranger requests.

The French are more gungho about their traditions.

This reminds me Pierre the French Fighter Pilot Joke !!!

The original post headline with reference to halal food would be a moot point if the President of Iran (and his entourage) were the only ones eating it. Why would it even be brought up? That's like saying France refused to have a state dinner for the President because he prefers ketchup on his filet mignon. Why would they make a fuss about what or how he eats...he can have whatever he wants as long as he's the one eating it.

On the other hand don't try and put ketchup on a filet mignon or the French chef will clock you with the bottle....

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[Penguin]

the President because he prefers ketchup on his filet mignon.

Mais non, c'est sacrilège

 

[fallstuff]

Ah you missed one CRITICAL difference! It says they served Obama a non-vegetarian dish. But it doesn't say Modi (or anybody else there) was also FORCED to eat a non-vegetarian dish. Modi (and others) probably had a vegetarian dish themselves! The accommodation of having different dishes worked out. Everybody was happy.

However the Iranian President says EVERYBODY must eat a halal dinner and EVERYBODY also can not drink wine. So unlike Modi he was only accommodating himself at the expense of everybody else.

If Obama said Modi had to eat the same non-vegetarian dish he was eating I'm sure Modi would have declined too. Then you'd call Obama a hero and Modi a bad host.

OP has two sources, one is Jihadwatch ( for all it is worth) which is claiming Iran demanded Halal food , where the second link ( Washington Post) is stating Iran requested that only wine be not present on the table. There is no report of Iran demanding everybody ( including the French ) dines only halal food.

France Cancels Dinner Over Iranian President's Wine-Free Request

France blows off dinner with Iran over wine spat | New York Post

France won't dine without wine, cancels dinner with Iran over menu dispute - Washington Times

France won’t dine with Iran unless wine is served - The Washington Post

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

OP has two sources, one is Jihadwatch ( for all it is worth) which is claiming Iran demanded Halal food , where the second link ( Washington Post) is stating Iran requested that only wine be not present on the table. There is no report of Iran demanding everybody ( including the French ) dines only halal food.

France Cancels Dinner Over Iranian President's Wine-Free Request

France blows off dinner with Iran over wine spat | New York Post

France won't dine without wine, cancels dinner with Iran over menu dispute - Washington Times

France won’t dine with Iran unless wine is served - The Washington Post

So the OP should have just said there was a wine issue since the food apparently wasn't an issue.

 

[Schutz]

I would have invited Charles Martels ghost

 

[fallstuff]

So the OP should have just said there was a wine issue since the food apparently wasn't an issue.

Iran is expected to sign a large airbus purchade order when Rouhini in France from 16-17th November,maybe he was thinking he could get a wine free lunch with his order !!!