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Falls on a police chief and, for this reason, more discipline and seriousness must be required of them than at other times.The name of durán I lleida was heard throughout the first term of the psoe as a candidate for foreign minister , and before that he was mentioned for that position with the pp . This possibility was encouraged in diplomatic circles, where they understood that, with a nationalist in foreign affairs, the ministry would receive more funds. The position of catalan nationalism , however, has until now been not to hold government positions. Now, the government of josé luis rodríguez zapatero has commissioned durán to act as a mediator between iran and israel , as el confidencial digital has learned from diplomatic sources. This is not the first time that a government has resorted to people of concord , even if they are not from the government's party, for specific tasks in the international field. For example, both in the gonzález years and under azna r's presidency, a socialist with a moderate profile like juan josé laborda was used to personally mediate with teodoro obiang . What did durán's mediation consist of? According to foreign affairs sources, durán has tried, and still tries, to iron out the acrimony that arose between the government on the iranian and israeli fronts .



As reported by ecd , israel reduced its diplomatic presence at the forum of the alliance of civilizations due to its discontent with the perceived support for iran by the spanish government, support noted mainly in the rhetoric of the alliance of Special Databasecivilizations but also in the presence of mohamed khatami , former president of iran, in the high level group of the alliance – read it here -. Israel also asked the government not to attend the geneva conference against racism . Spain reduced its diplomatic presence and, instead of sending a minister and a secretary of state as at the durban conference against racism , it sent the ambassador to the geneva headquarters of the united nations. Spain only half-yielded to israel's requests, which consisted of a total boycott, since other countries (usa, italy, germany, among others) agreed not to take part in the geneva conference. These decisions were reported in ecd – expand the information here -.







With this panorama, durán has been bringing positions closer for months , above all with iran. Iranian sources have confirmed to this confidential various meetings between durán and the ambassador but, at the time of going to press, durán I lleida's press office has only communicated that these matters are of an institutional nature and that the leader of unió, contrary to what has been reported by foreign affairs rumors, does not plan any trip to tehran in the short term.Sources close to the popular party, consulted by el confidencial digital, explained that, with this direct attack on the number one on their lists to the european parliament, what the president of the government has done is "Put" mayor oreja in the campaign, placing him in the covers, and recognize his status as a serious rival to beat. According to these sources, the president actually wanted to say something else, but he got the expression wrong. What he tried to criticize was that, during the negotiation with eta, in the false “peace process”, the person who did the most damage with his criticism was precisely the former minister of the interior, and zapatero has not forgotten that.