(ANSA) PARIS, APRIL 14 French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated today in reference to the controversy over his refusal to use the word “genocide” to define Russian operations in Ukraine that “verbal escalation” does not “helps”. ” the Ukrainians and could urge the Westerners to intervene.
Macron speaking to France Bleu said he spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the morning, who said yesterday he was “very hurt” by his French counterpart’s refusal to report a “genocide” in his country, im Contrast to US President Joe Biden.
“The word genocide makes sense” and “must be a qualification drawn up by lawyers, not politicians,” said Macron during an election visit to the northern French port city of Le Havre. In his opinion, “states that speak of genocide according to international conventions should intervene. Is that what people want? I don’t think so” because this would mean becoming “fellow parties” in the conflict. “Everyone must exercise discernment, continued Macron, “that does not mean helping Ukraine, but entering into a verbal escalation without drawing any consequences with the measures of solidarity and action to find peace and our compatriots before to protect against war”.
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