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France-Ukraine tension from Mr. Macron’s ‘not to humiliate Russia’ statement

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French President Emmanuel Macron – Photo: REUTERS

In a speech to French media on June 4, Mr. Macron emphasized that France has a role as a “middle power”. We must not humiliate Russia, so that when the hostilities stop, we can build a way out through diplomatic means,” he said.

Mr Macron believes that Russian leader Vladimir Putin should be given a way out of what he called the “historic mistake” of attacking Ukraine.

Macron’s comments stoked new tensions with Kiev amid skepticism from President Zelensky about Macron’s attempt to persuade Putin to end the war.

President Macron has made dozens of calls to President Putin since the beginning of the year. “I believe France has the role of an intermediary power,” Macron said, calling on Russia to be “placed in the right place” to bring about peace.

According to AFP news agency, There are concerns France and Germany want Ukraine to cede territory to end the fighting – although there have been no public statements from Paris or Berlin to support this argument.

Mr. Macron wants France to maintain close diplomatic ties with Russia and has repeatedly warned of the risk of a broader conflict involving the West.

On June 7, Ukrainian President Zelensky harshly criticized Mr. Macron. “To be a leader, you don’t have to think of yourself as a leader, you have to behave like a leader,” Zelensky said.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – Photo: REUTERS

“We will not humiliate anyone. We will respond accordingly,” the Ukrainian president announced.

Macron’s comments sparked outrage in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that it is Russia’s attack on Ukraine without the world interfering enough that Russian President Putin is humiliating the world.

“The French president is still looking for ways to save Putin from humiliation,” Marko Mihkelson, head of the Estonian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, wrote on Facebook.

“Putin will only negotiate when his army is unable to move forward, humiliated or not. Macron should focus on that,” said Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to the United States. Moscow – now a professor at Stanford University – commented.

John Chipman, head of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, said saving face was a weak diplomatic goal. “Putin can take responsibility for his own face,” Chipman said.

What did the French media say?

The French press is also somewhat disgruntled with Mr. Macron. Daily News Liberation Called Macron’s remarks “astonishing to look at the devastation in Ukraine”.

Liberation He said there were no “strategic mistakes” like the way Mr. Macron described Putin’s actions, only destruction and deaths.

Magazine L’express quoted Michel Duclos – special adviser on geopolitics at the Montaigne Institute for Public Policy – as saying that Mr. Macron did not seem to measure the damage of the war with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, or the hostility. irrevocable enemy to Mr. Putin.

In order not to be humiliated, Russia will not be defeated, even won. So, when Mr. Macron says “don’t humiliate Russia”, he means “doesn’t defeat Russia”, expert Duclos said.

More than 1,000 surrendered Ukrainian soldiers were brought back to Russia More than 1,000 surrendered Ukrainian soldiers were brought back to Russia

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