Russia’s Defense Minister warned France, saying ‘If you send troops to Ukraine…’
The war continues between Russia and Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Minister called his French counterpart on Wednesday and warned against deploying troops in Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Minister said that Moscow is ready to participate in talks to end the conflict. According to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu that if Paris followed through on its statements about sending French troops to Ukraine, “it would create problems for France itself.” ”
This happened for the first time after October 2022
In fact, French President Emmanuel Macron had said in February that the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine could not be ruled out. Russia’s Defense Minister has talked to the French Defense Minister regarding this statement of Macron. This is the first phone conversation between the Defense Ministers of Russia and France since October 2022.
Russia is ready for talks
Shoigu expressed “Russia’s willingness to hold talks on Ukraine”. Also said that the peace talks to be held in Geneva will prove to be “meaningless” without Russia’s participation. The Russian Defense Minister said that further discussions can be held on the basis of the talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul in March 2022.
What was said in the media report
Meanwhile, media reports say that the draft negotiated in Istanbul a few weeks after Russia sent troops to Ukraine said that Ukraine would give up its insistence on joining NATO and remain neutral. No agreement could be reached after this conversation and this conversation remained inconclusive. Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a phone conversation on Wednesday that French Defense Minister Lecornu expressed condolences over the attack on the ‘Moscow Concert Hall’ on March 22. 145 people were killed in this deadly attack.
