(Observer.com ) French President Macron 's suggestion on "providing security guarantees to Russia" has aroused dissatisfaction among some European countries. Reuters html reported on the 213th that Baltic countries Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania , as well as Polish and Slovakia on the 212th, and explained its position to France.
Reuters: Some EU countries officially expressed concerns to France about Macron's remarks about Russia
Report said that although the French presidential office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried to downplay the outside world's accusations against Macron's remarks, in some circles, the anger did not seem to dissipate. According to reports, the Czech , which serves as the rotating presidency of the European Council, helped prepare formal diplomatic negotiation documents submitted to France. According to two European diplomats, countries supporting diplomatic negotiations include Baltic Three Kingdoms —Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as Poland and Slovakia.
Three European diplomats said the Czech Republic last week distributed a draft diplomatic negotiations, the so-called informal document, to EU member states. The draft claims that Russia's previous approach to European security architecture is intended to divide and weaken Europe. The diplomats revealed that the draft involved all aspects of dialogue with Russia, such as the security agreement signed by NATO and NATO in 1997, and the "security assurance" proposal made by Russia to the West in December last year.
Two diplomats said that the Czech Republic, together with representatives of several other member states, submitted the final negotiation text to the French Foreign Ministry’s head of the European continental affairs on the 12th.
However, Reuters said it was impossible to determine how many countries support diplomatic negotiations in total, nor whether the Czech Republic itself supports this practice. The French, Czech and Slovak foreign ministries did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while the Polish foreign ministries declined to comment.
Macron was interviewed by TF1 TV on the 4th
Local time On December 4th, Macron said in an interview with France Television One (TF1) on the 4th that during his visit to the United States and Biden , he discussed the necessity of the United States and Europe preparing a "future security architecture" for the situation in Ukraine, and hinted that in the future negotiations to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, "Russia needs to be secured." Ukraine responded strongly to this, and Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian Presidential Office, declared that the world needs Russia to provide security and Russia should be responsible.
An official from the French Presidential Office told reporters on the 9th that some people tried to understand Macron's remarks "with just a few words that were out of context", which is out of touch with what the French government is actually doing. Macron's position has not changed. These remarks are consistent with what Ukraine says. The premise of negotiations is that Russia ends the conflict first.
According to "Russia Today" (RT) report on December 6, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said in response to Macron's proposal that day that Russia is willing to engage in dialogue, but the West must take the first step. Until then, Russia will continue to respond appropriately to NATO's further expansion.
"The talks can begin when they (the West) confirm that they are ready to have some kind of smarter and more balanced dialogue on the matter of interests," Riyabkov said.
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