His posture questions some of his allies in eastern Europe. However, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, maintained his position on Tuesday, December 20 on the “guarantees” of security that should be granted to Russia if peace negotiations take place at the end of the war in Ukraine.
“The day of peace will involve discussions. First and foremost for guarantees to Ukraine, for its territorial integrity, its long-term security. But also for Russia, as a party she will be to an armistice and peace treaty.said Emmanuel Macron in this interview recorded on Monday and broadcast on Tuesday evening by the TF1 and LCI channels.
“Whoever criticizes me for projecting myself on such a subject, explain to me what he is proposing”added the French president. “What the people who refuse to prepare this and work on it are proposing is full war. It will involve the whole continent”he warned, adding that he was obviously against it.
Macron’s position criticized
At the beginning of December, Mr. Macron had drawn criticism in Ukraine and in certain countries of Eastern Europe, some voices accusing him of being too lenient or of making too many overtures towards -screw Moscow.
“Someone wants to provide security guarantees to a terrorist and murderous state? »had launched the secretary of the Ukrainian national security and defense council, Oleksi Danilov, on Twitterspeaking of “carpet diplomacy”.
The French president’s remarks were also implicitly criticized by the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell. The solution to the Ukrainian conflict will be achieved by offering “security guarantees for Ukraine”he said, adding that “For Russia, we’ll talk about it later”.
Assuring that the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, never expressed his annoyance to him or that of his ministers, the French President added that“we do not make a peace treaty alone” and that one “sustainable peace involves the stakeholders, and therefore Russia, around the table”.