It’s a statement full of innuendo that will not please Paris. After a telephone conversation on Wednesday between the French Minister of the Armed Forces and his Russian counterpart, the Russian Defense Ministry said it hoped that “the French secret services” were not involved in the attack near Moscow claimed by the state organization. Islamic.
“The kyiv regime does nothing without the approval of its Western supervisors. We hope that, in this case, the French secret services are not behind this,” said Sergei Shoigu, in the press release from his ministry reporting the call.
Paris ready to cooperate with Moscow on terrorism
Paris had previously affirmed that, during this call, French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu had “recalled France’s availability” for “increased exchanges” with Russia in the fight against “terrorism” after the attack.
On March 22, armed men entered a concert hall before opening fire on the crowd and setting the building on fire. At least 144 people died and 360 were injured. The Kremlin admitted that “radical Islamists” had been behind the attack, while denouncing Ukrainian involvement coordinated by the West.
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The Russian ministry also once again returned to the recent controversial remarks of Emmanuel Macron, who estimated in February that sending troops to Ukraine could not “be excluded”. “Sergueï Shoigu indicated that if (these declarations) were made, it would create problems for France itself,” his ministry said.