Don’t create “controversy where there is none”. This Tuesday, at the EU-Balkans summit in Tirana, Emmanuel Macron dismissed all controversy after speaking in Kyiv and in Eastern Europe about future security guarantees for Russia. “I’ve always said the same thing, that is, by the end of the peace talks there will be territorial subjects in Ukraine owned by Ukrainians, and there will be collective security subjects throughout the region,” he added.
“It’s the same thing I said from the beginning, the same thing that we worked on and discussed in February, March, by the way,” he continued, referring to attempts, notably on his part, during a meeting with Vladimir Putin on March 7 February in the Kremlin.
accused of leniency towards Russia
“One of the main points is the fear that NATO will come at their doors, it is the use of weapons that can threaten Russia,” he then explained on TF1.
His remarks have drawn criticism from Ukraine and some Eastern European countries, which have taken a particularly firm stance on Russia, accusing Emmanuel Macron of being too lenient or making too many overtures towards Moscow.
“Someone wants to give security guarantees to a terrorist and murderous state? started the secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiï Danilov, on Twitter and spoke of “carpet diplomacy”.