The operation to dismantle the Calais area camp was confirmed by French Immigration Minister Eric Besson, in an interview on French radio.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

In a telephone interview, he described the communiqus as a desperate measure used occasionally by the rebels to portray the region as being in turmoil.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Some political analysts in Thailand say he may have hurt his popularity by taking the post in Cambodia, and by making controversial comments on the revered Thai monarchy in an interview with a British newspaper.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11