Macron avoided the term “genocide” for Russia’s war in Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron today did not repeat the term “genocide” used by his US counterpart Joe Biden to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of Ukraine, questioning its usefulness in ending the war. “verbal escalation”.

Asked by France 2 television about the statements made yesterday, Tuesday, by Joe Biden, the outgoing President of France and a candidate for re-election to the highest office of the country, he answered that he wants to be “careful with the conditions”.

“I would say that Russia has unilaterally declared a brutal war, that it is now proven that war crimes were committed by the Russian army and that we must now find those responsible for them,” he explained.

“What is happening is madness, it is an unbearable brutality (…) but I am looking at the facts at the same time and I want to try my best to be able to stop this war and rebuild peace, so I’m not sure that the verbal escalation serves the case, “he added.

Joe Biden has for the first time accused Vladimir Putin of committing “genocide” in Ukraine, a word used by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky but never by the US government.

Source: AMPE

Source: Capital

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