Karimin says Macron is back to Russian anger

Written by Michel Rose

BRUSSELE (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron returned to Russia on Thursday, after the Kremlin warned him of his threat to nuclear discourse and directed comparisons with the failed conquest of Russia Napoleon.

In an official speech on Wednesday, Macron warned that the French nation was Russia quickly retreating on its invasion of Ukraine and could attack more countries if it was not firmly deterred, including the French nuclear umbrella.

“I know that President Putin is good,” Macron told reporters at the European Union summit in Brussels.

He said: “He is making a historic mistake: Napoleon launched the conquests.

Macron said he knows that Putin can betray his word, because he did so when he did not respect the Minsk agreements signed with France, Germany and Ukraine after the invasion of Crimea in 2014.

He also said that Moscow’s reactions on Thursday may have been very noisy because Russia’s intentions to continue the war with Europe in the end, if a hasty peace treaty was signed in Ukraine.

“Maybe it was upset with the fact that we are showing his game,” Macron said.

In response to a question about the comments of US President Donald Trump, who is wondering whether France would come to save the United States if it was attacked, Macron said that France and other European countries joined the American forces in fighting in Afghanistan after September 11.

“Not only the French, but the Europeans were there when we were summoned to Afghanistan. By the way, they were not warned when (the United States left in Afghanistan),” Macron said. “We are loyal and loyal allies.”

Macron also said that other leaders called him throughout the day during the European Union summit in Brussels about his offer to expand the French nuclear deterrence to the rest of Europe and hope to see cooperation at the end of the first half of 2025, after technical talks with other leaders.

He said he called on other European Union leaders to meet with European army leaders in Paris on Tuesday.

(Participated in the reports of Michelle Rose; edited by Chris Reese and Lincolen Vist.)