French President Emmanuel Macron said that France has never advocated and will not advocate the defeat of Russia. This is reported by TASS with reference to Le Journal du Dimanche.
“I don’t think, like some people, that we need to completely defeat Russia, attack it on our own territory,” Macron said, laying out his approach to the conflict in Ukraine. – They would like to defeat Russia first of all. But this has never been and never will be the position of France.”
As the newspaper explained, the countries of Eastern Europe, members of NATO and the European Union, are in favor of defeating Russia. The leaders of these states, the newspaper notes, “did not appreciate Macron’s formula that“ Russia cannot be humiliated.
According to the president, “it is necessary that the Ukrainian offensive shake the Russian front and force Moscow back to the negotiating table.” At the same time, according to the French leader, “none of the parties will be able to achieve a complete victory.”
In addition, the president opposed the prolongation of the confrontation, pointing to the threat of “endless conflict, where the main losers will be the Europeans.”
In this regard, he once again stated that he considers it necessary to continue negotiations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Source: Rosbalt
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