Emanuel Macron in front of the French ambassadors in Paris, January 6, 2025. AURELIEN MORISSARD/AFP
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The socialist deputies expressed this Wednesday, January 8 their “deep concern” after the remarks made by Emmanuel Macron on Monday during the conference of ambassadors, the head of state calling on the Ukrainians to “conduct realistic discussions on territorial issues” to find a settlement to the conflict with Russia.
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“This declaration, completely unwelcome since it is full of innuendo, forces socialist and related deputies to express their deep concern”wrote the left-wing elected officials in a press release.
Ukraine must “recover its full sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders in 1991. That is to say with Crimea and Donbass”they added. “No one can accept the annexation of part of Ukrainian national territory by Russia. »
Emmanuel Macron spoke on Monday to French ambassadors gathered at the Elysée. The socialist deputies also deplored the remarks of the French president believing that African leaders had “forgot to say thank you” in Paris for his intervention against terrorism in the Sahel.
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These words “have generated strong reactions in the countries concerned, particularly in Senegal and Chad, and contribute to hindering the dialogue that we must perpetuate with these States”they regretted.
By Le Nouvel Obs with AFP
Belgium
