French President Emmanuel Macron, who will speak to his partner Russia Vladimir Putin on Sunday or Monday, said that the West needs to be “factual” and do everything needed to ensure “not out of control situations”.
In the latest reaction to US President Joe Biden “it cannot remain in power” and “butchers” in his colleague Russia Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron warned against “escalation” verbal from the ongoing Ukrainian war.
Macron is one of the leading leaders of Western, who has several occasions, talking to Putin after Russian invasion in Ukraine last month.
The French President said that the West needs to be “factual” and do everything needed to ensure that “the situation is not out of control”. He added that the agenda first reached a ceasefire and then “total withdrawal (Russia) forces in a diplomatic way”.
“If we want to do that, we cannot increase both in words or actions,” Macron told France 3 television, when asked about Biden’s comments.
Macron’s comments came when he arranged to talk to Putin again on Sunday or Monday. He said that during his conversation with his Russian colleagues, he would emphasize the humanitarian corridor for the surrounded Mariupol City. Located in the separatist Donetsk area, Mariupol has bears the burden of Russian shooting while repeated efforts to safely evacuate civilians have failed with the disclosure of trade in Ukraine and Russia.
The French President, however, stressed that the US remained vital allies, said the two countries shared many “general values”, but those who live next to Russia “are Europeans”.
On Saturday, Biden visited Poland as part of his European trip, and met several Ukrainian refugees. When he was asked about his views about Putin, the US President said, “He is a butcher.”
In Warsaw then on that day, said Biden, “For God’s sake, this man (Putin) cannot remain in power.”
Biden’s statement triggered an angry reaction from the Russian side, with a spokesman for Kremlin Dmitry Peskov, said that repeated insults by the US President “narrowed the window of opportunities” for bilateral relations between the two countries.
Meanwhile, Russian President Russia Parliament – Duma, Volodin Volodin said, “Biden is weak, sick and unhappy.” “Psychiatrists will be able to explain their behavior better … American citizens must be ashamed of their president,” he added.
The White House was quick to clarify Biden’s comments as an official explained that the US President meant that Putin “could not be allowed to carry out power over his neighbors or region”.