Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron have not had a telephone conversation for two months, because France is a country.unfriendly“with which there are currently no discussions”wantedOn August 5, the Kremlin announced.
“Well, first of all, France is an unfriendly state in terms of its actions towards our country.“Dmitry Peskov told the press in response to the question that they talked several times at the beginning of the year about the lack of telephone exchange between the two leaders. “They don’t call each other because they feel the time isn’t right and right now it’s just not necessary. If the need arises, they can call each other in a minutesaid Dmitry Peskov.
The last official exchange between Putin and Macron took place on May 28, when the two leaders discussed the fate of Ukrainian soldiers captured by the Russian army by phone with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Emmanuel Macron previously spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin in early May, early March and five times in February amid rising tensions before the Kremlin’s February 24 attack in Ukraine. He also personally went to Moscow on February 7 to meet Vladimir Putin.
These repeated contacts have drawn criticism from the French president, with some accusing him of regular exchanges with the Kremlin chief, failing to prevent the launch of a Russian offensive against Ukraine. Russia calls it “unfriendlycountries that, like France, have especially imposed sanctions against them after its intervention in Ukraine. The Kremlin continued to expand this list of countries.”unfriendlyThey are being retaliated by Moscow. It now includes the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Taiwan, and all members of the European Union.
Source: Le Figaro
