Nigeria, March 8 -- In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, discussed France's relations with Nigeria, Francophone African countries, the evolving dynamics of transatlantic ties, tensions surrounding the US Board of Peace, and France's vision of strategic autonomy in a changing global order.

The interview was conducted before the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, and so no questions were asked about the war.

Excerpts,

Mr Fonbaustier: We voted Resolution 2803 in the specific context of the situation in Gaza. France has indeed been invited by the United States to join the Board of Peace, but we have not followed up yet. The scope of the Board of Peace, as well as its legal and policy f...