'On 19 March 2012, a high French official invited
Arab journalists based in Paris to inform them of the internal battle
being waged within the French government and, in particular, the Quai
d’Orsay [the French Foreign Ministry] regarding Syria. According to
this person, the French Ambassador in Damascus, Eric Chevallier, whose
embassy had just been shut down and who had returned to Paris,
challenged Minister Juppé in front of his colleagues. He accused Alain
Juppé of having ignored his embassy reports and of having falsified
summaries of them to provoke a war against Syria.'
