The French president believes that Ukraine’s entry into NATO would be experienced by Russia as a confrontation and that it is not the “most likely scenario”, in an interview with various media.
“Ukraine’s entry into NATO would be perceived by Russia as confrontational. It is not with this Russia that they can imagine,” he told French newspapers on Wednesday. The worldAmerican Wall Street Journal and lebanese a nahar.
“Que l’Ukraine entre ou non dans l’Otan – et ce n’est pas le scénario le plus vraisemblable – il faudra lui donner des guaranties de sécurité d’autant plus robustes qu’elle a été agressée par la Russia”, poursuit -The.
Grant “security guarantees”
Emmanuel Macron insists on the need to give “security guarantees” to Ukraine but also to Russia at the end of the Ukrainian conflict, a position that has earned him strong criticism in Kyiv and Eastern Europe.
“In the end, il faudra mettre tout le monde autour de la table. Et donc que tous les Européens et les Occidentaux qui me donnent des leçons de morale m’explicent avec qui ils se mettront autour de la table”, at- he launches .
“I don’t want it to be just the Chinese and the Turks who negotiate the next day,” he said, referring in particular to the mediation efforts of Turkish diplomacy.
The French president also once again advocated for the strategic autonomy of Europe, within NATO, but with less dependence on the United States.
“There is no European security architecture without strategic autonomy, in NATO and with NATO, but not depending on NATO,” he stressed.
“An alliance is not something I depend on, it is something I choose (…) We must rethink our strategic autonomy,” he insisted.
Source: BFM TV
