Macron’s remarks on security guarantees to be given to Russia taken out of context, according to the Elysée
Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks on “security guarantees” to give to Russia were “isolated” of their ” context “assured the Elysée on Friday, before a new conference, Tuesday in Paris, on aid to Ukraine.
“The dialogue between the President of the Republic and President Zelensky is excellent”ensured the French presidency. “There is a discrepancy between certain movements or certain people, who seek to isolate a piece of a sentence outside its context, and the reality of the work that we carry out, which really is done without difficulty. »
At the beginning of December, when discussing the security to be rebuilt in Europe once the war in Ukraine was over, the French president had judged that, when the time came, it would be necessary to give “guarantees” to Russia to find a good balance. France insists on the need for Europeans to be at the negotiating table when new arms control agreements are negotiated.
“One of the essential points is the fear that NATO will come to its doors, it is the deployment of weapons that can threaten Russia”, explained Mr. Macron, recalling the recurring claims of Russia. Some Ukrainian personalities and officials from Eastern Europe had expressed a certain annoyance, even outright opposition to these remarks.
French head of state “only describes what the Ukrainians themselves wish for”explained the Elysée. “The Ukrainians themselves are the first, obviously, to want to get out of this war and ultimately, at the end of the war, there is negotiation”.
A conference “for the resilience and reconstruction of Ukraine” will be held on Tuesday in Paris, intended to “explain the needs of Ukraine to ensure its economic resilience in times of war and its reconstruction in the medium term, as well as to promote the mobilization of French economic actors on these two essential issues”according to the terms of the Ministry of Economy. “We talk to each other every day, sometimes several times a day to prepare for this conference. There is no difficulty”we insisted at the Elysée.