The businessman took refuge in Lebanon on Monday.
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TheRenault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn “entered Lebanon legally,” the Foreign Ministry said in Beirut on Tuesday, following the arrival of the businessman sued in Japan for embezzlement. financial.
For its part, the Directorate General of General Security confirmed in a statement that Ghosn had entered “legally” in Lebanon, stating that no measure imposed “the adoption of procedures against him” and that nothing “l ‘exposed to legal action’.
The businessman, who holds Lebanese, French and Brazilian nationalities, confirmed on Tuesday that he is in Lebanon. He would have arrived Monday “at dawn,” said Foreign Affairs in a statement released by the state news agency ANI. The ministry said, however, that it knew nothing about the circumstances of his departure from Japan. “There is no judicial cooperation or extradition agreement with Japan,” the ministry said, but “the two countries are signatories to the United Nations anti-corruption agreement.”
It is on this basis that Lebanon sent several official letters to the Japanese government concerning Ghosn and which have remained unanswered, he added, stressing however Beirut’s desire to preserve “the best relations” with Tokyo.
Ghosn explains
“I did not run away from justice, I freed myself from injustice and political persecution. I can finally communicate freely with the media, which I will do next week, “said Ghosn on Tuesday in a statement sent by his spokespersons.
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