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MOSCOW, 6 March (BelTA) – The statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron are reminiscent of those by Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said as he commented on French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech during a press conference following talks with Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Amon Murwira, TASS reported.
"Unlike his predecessors, who also sought to fight with Russia — Napoleon, Hitler — Mr Macron does not act very gracefully. Because at least they said it bluntly: ‘we must conquer Russia, we must defeat Russia’. And he apparently wants the same thing, but for some reason, he says that it is necessary to fight Russia so that it does not defeat France, that Russia poses dangers to France and Europe."
The Russian diplomat also believes that the French president is masking his true intentions and continuing the work of Napoleon, who wanted to conquer and subdue Russia.
French President Emmanuel Macron's comment about Russia's alleged threat to the European Union cannot be called intelligent, Sergey Lavrov believes. "And with regard to these, frankly speaking, unreasonable accusations of Russia in preparing a war against Europe and France, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has repeatedly called such thoughts absurd, nonsense," he said
"It is probably perfectly clear to any rational person that Russia does not need this. Russia needs to eliminate the root causes of the situation that the West has created in Ukraine to subdue, influence, and wage war against the Russian Federation."
Sergey Lavrov also called French President Emmanuel Macron's nuclear rhetoric a threat to Russia. “Of course, this is a threat to Russia. If he considers us a threat, convenes a meeting of the chiefs of general staff of European countries and the UK, says that it is necessary to prepare for the use of nuclear weapons against Russia, this is, of course, a threat,” Sergey Lavrov emphasized.
The foreign minister reiterated Moscow's commitment to contacts with the West, drawing attention to the fact that French President Macron says he plans to call his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin but has not done yet so far.
Earlier, in a televised address to the nation French President Emmanuel Macron said that Moscow has become a threat to France and Europe, and in this regard called to start a discussion on the extension of France's nuclear umbrella to the entire EU. According to him, Russia poses a threat to Europe in the air, in social media and in cyberspace. He also made the assertion that Russia “continues to rearm.”
"Unlike his predecessors, who also sought to fight with Russia — Napoleon, Hitler — Mr Macron does not act very gracefully. Because at least they said it bluntly: ‘we must conquer Russia, we must defeat Russia’. And he apparently wants the same thing, but for some reason, he says that it is necessary to fight Russia so that it does not defeat France, that Russia poses dangers to France and Europe."
The Russian diplomat also believes that the French president is masking his true intentions and continuing the work of Napoleon, who wanted to conquer and subdue Russia.
French President Emmanuel Macron's comment about Russia's alleged threat to the European Union cannot be called intelligent, Sergey Lavrov believes. "And with regard to these, frankly speaking, unreasonable accusations of Russia in preparing a war against Europe and France, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has repeatedly called such thoughts absurd, nonsense," he said
"It is probably perfectly clear to any rational person that Russia does not need this. Russia needs to eliminate the root causes of the situation that the West has created in Ukraine to subdue, influence, and wage war against the Russian Federation."
Sergey Lavrov also called French President Emmanuel Macron's nuclear rhetoric a threat to Russia. “Of course, this is a threat to Russia. If he considers us a threat, convenes a meeting of the chiefs of general staff of European countries and the UK, says that it is necessary to prepare for the use of nuclear weapons against Russia, this is, of course, a threat,” Sergey Lavrov emphasized.
The foreign minister reiterated Moscow's commitment to contacts with the West, drawing attention to the fact that French President Macron says he plans to call his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin but has not done yet so far.
Earlier, in a televised address to the nation French President Emmanuel Macron said that Moscow has become a threat to France and Europe, and in this regard called to start a discussion on the extension of France's nuclear umbrella to the entire EU. According to him, Russia poses a threat to Europe in the air, in social media and in cyberspace. He also made the assertion that Russia “continues to rearm.”
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