Journalist David Pujadas, who conducted the interview, hit back, asserting that the channel‘s role is to inform, even if that contradicts the interests of French diplomacy. „The question we ask ourselves is ‚Will interviewing one of the principal protagonists in one of the worst conflicts of the last 20 years helps our viewers to form an opinion?‘ The answer is undeniably ‚Yes‘!“ he told Europe 1 radio.