France is backing Moldova “at risk of destabilization,” Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said today, following a series of bombings in the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria, which borders war-torn Ukraine. “The minister shared with his Moldovan counterpart his concern and vigilance in the face of the events of the last two days in Transnistria. […]
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Paris summons Russia’s ambassador to Bucharest
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian again summoned the Russian ambassador to Paris today, following a post on Twitter of the embassy that was deemed ‘indecent’ in connection with the atrocities committed in the Ukrainian city of Butsa. “In the face of the indecency and provocation of the announcement of the Russian embassy in France […]
France condemns ‘massive violence’ by Russian forces in Ukraine
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday that he strongly condemned what he called “mass violence” committed by Russian forces in Ukraine in recent weeks. Le Drian specifically referred to the city of Butcha outside Kyiv, where Ukrainian authorities say Russia carried out a deliberate “slaughter”. Le Drian added in the same statement that […]
Le Drian: Putin’s goal is ‘complete occupation’ of Ukraine
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said that Russian President Putin’s goal is to “fully occupy” Ukraine, noting that no progress has been made in recent consultations in Istanbul. “Istanbul’s only innovation is the willingness to make the negotiations public, especially on the Russian side,” Le Drian told Le Figaro, noting that this also […]
The French Foreign Minister estimates that an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program is imminent
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said today that an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program between Tehran and international forces was imminent, although some issues had not yet been resolved. “We are close to an agreement,” Lendrian told a news conference in Doha. Lendrian’s statements run counter to a gloomier assessment of the situation regarding […]
French Foreign Minister warns of “collective guilt” if the residents of Mariupol are not helped
LAST UPDATE: 18:01 The French foreign minister said Sunday that there would be “collective guilt” if nothing was done to help civilians in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city under siege by Russian forces. “Mariupol is a classic example of military siege and military sieges are horrific wars because civilian populations are being slaughtered, annihilated. The pain […]
Jean-Yves Le Drian: War in Ukraine leads to serious malfunction of global food security
The challenge of global food security due to the war in Ukraine was underlined by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is attending the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels today. “It is not the sanctions that lead to a serious malfunction of global food security, it is the war. We have not taken […]
Le Drian: Russia ‘pretends’ to negotiate
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian today accused Russia of “pretending to negotiate” a ceasefire with Ukraine, while continuing to let “weapons speak”. As in Aleppo (Syria) or Grozny (Chechnya) the “Russian logic (…) consists of the usual triptych: bombings indiscriminately, the so-called ‘humanitarian corridors’ created to then accuse the adversary of disrespecting and talking […]
Le Drian: I’m not sure Putin expected the situation to change that way
I’m not sure Putin expected that to happen. He lost the battle of communication, found Europe united and faced strong resistance in Ukraine. This was stated by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on a French television station. The French minister went on to say that from now on the Russian president will also have […]
French Foreign Minister: Donbas was a ‘pretext’ for Russia’s attack
LAST UPDATE: 17:33 “Donbas was a pretext for Russia’s ‘brutal’ attack on Ukraine,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told an emergency EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels today. “This is a battle between Putin and Russia against democracy and sovereign states. Donbass was a pretext, to tell the truth,” said Jean-Yves Le Drian. The […]