French Defense Minister Sébastien Le Coronneu has held telephone talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu. During this conversation, Lecorneuil confirmed that France condemns Russia's "aggressive war" in Ukraine. The statement of Lecornu's office was quoted by a number of French media outlets, UNN reported.
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A spokesman for the French Ministry of Defense noted that this was the first conversation between the two leaders since October 2022.
In his address, Mr. Lecornu expressed France's solidarity with the victims of last month's terrorist attack in Moscow, which killed more than 100 people. Mr. Le Coronneu confirmed that France has no information to establish a link between the attack and Ukraine, and "recalled France's readiness" for "enhanced exchange" with Moscow in the fight against "terrorism.
At the same time, the French minister "unreservedly condemned the aggressive war that Russia has launched in Ukraine" and recalled that France will continue to support Ukraine for as long and as intensively as necessary in its struggle for freedom and sovereignty in order to bring peace and security to the European continent. "