As Western leaders, including Justin Trudeau, begin to use the word “genocide” to describe Russia’s abuses in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to take this step, saying greatly infuriated by his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
If true, such words hurt us very much.said Mr. Zelensky at a joint press conference with the heads of state of Polish, Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian, visiting kyiv.
” I will do my best to discuss this matter with Mr. Macron today. If not, tomorrow when he finds the time. “
Earlier in the day, Emmanuel Macron chose not to use the term genocide used by his American counterpart Joe Biden to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of its in Ukraine.
Mr. Macron prefers to stay temporarily on terms such as war crimes at brutal war to qualify for Russian intervention.
It’s madness, what’s going on is incredibly brutal […] but at the same time I look at the facts and I want to try my best to continue to stop this war and rebuild peace, so I am not sure that the rise of words serves as a reasonhe continued.
The spokesman for Ukrainian diplomacy, Oleg Nikolenko, quickly responded to the Interfax-Ukraïna news agency, judging Mr. Macron’s position. frustrating.
The United States and Canada after Poland
On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden accused Vladimir Putin for the first time of leading a genocide in Ukraine, a term previously used by Mr. Zelensky, but never by the American administration.
On Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Russia’s intervention in Ukraine was similar more and more in a genocide.
Poland was the first country to rally behind President Volodymyr Zelensky last week claiming genocide was being committed against Ukrainian citizens.
Russia, for its part, defends itself by denouncing a staging at falsifications arranged by the Ukrainians and intended to hurt him.
Source: Radio-Canada