The head of state denounced Monday “the moral and political cynicism” of Vladimir Putin who offers humanitarian corridors to the inhabitants of several cities in Ukraine to “bring them to Russia”.
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced on Monday “the moral and political cynicism” of Vladimir Putin who offers humanitarian corridors to the inhabitants of several cities in Ukraine to “bring them to Russia”. What is needed, “these are not simply corridors, which are immediately threatened, it is not this hypocritical speech which consists in saying: ‘We are going to protect people to bring them to Russia'”, has said the president in an interview with LCI. “All this is not serious, it is moral and political cynicism, which is unbearable to me,” he added.
Kiev on Monday refused the humanitarian corridors to Belarus and Russia offered by Moscow for the evacuation of civilians from the Ukrainian cities of Kharkhiv, Kiev, Mariupol and Sumy, plagued by heavy fighting. The Russian army claimed that this decision had been taken after a “personal request” from Emmanuel Macron addressed to Vladimir Putin during a telephone exchange on Sunday, which the Elysée denied. “Russia is pleading to create humanitarian corridors to Russia” but “I don’t know many Ukrainians who want to take refuge in Russia. It’s hypocrisy, a communication artefact that I disapprove of”, said reacted the Head of State on LCI.
A European summit on Thursday and Friday
“Humanitarian actors must be able to intervene, there must be complete truces to protect the women, children and men who must be protected and be able to get them out of the conflict zone”, a- he added. Noting that the situation “is getting worse every day” in Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron insisted that it was necessary “to stop this war without becoming belligerents ourselves” and assured that France and its allies will “continue to put pressure diplomacy to bring this war to an end as soon as possible”.
One of the priorities is to “mobilize to welcome Ukrainians fleeing the war” because “it is our duty (…) our values”, he added, thanking in particular the local authorities wishing to receive. On the diplomatic level, Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz planned to exchange on Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jiping, said the Elysée, while Beijing said it was “willing” to participate, “when the time comes” , to international mediation to end the war.
Emmanuel Macron will also host a European summit on Thursday and Friday in Versailles, the objective of which will be to discuss ways to make Europe “stronger and more sovereign” in order, particularly in defense, to “depend less on non-Europeans”. .
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