The 6-meter table of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who hosted French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who visited Russia due to the Ukraine crisis, was again on the agenda. Two Italian and Spanish carpenters claimed to have built the 6-metre table themselves.
According to the news of BFM TV, Spanish furniture manufacturer Vicente Zaragoza, in a statement to the country press, claimed that the 6-meter table where Putin and Macron sat facing each other on February 7 was made of a beech tree in the Alps and decorated with gold leaf.
“I KNOW INSIGHT”
Arguing that he “recognized his work as soon as he saw it”, Zaragoza said that he recognized the table from his mistakes and always examined his mistakes in order to improve himself.
Carpenter Zaragoza stated that he was active in the former Soviet countries during 2002-2006, he also built a kitchen for the Uzbek administration and stopped working in 2020.
ALLEGED “WAS BORIS YELTSIN’S ORDER”
On the other hand, Italian carpenter Renato Pologna told the British Guardian newspaper that he was surprised by the statements of his Spanish colleague.
“I really don’t know what to say, because I did this work in 1995-1996, the photos of the table were mostly published in Russian books,” Pologna said. said.
Claiming that he had all the certificates related to the table and that it was signed by former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Pologna argued that his Spanish colleague may have made an exact copy of the table.
VISIT OF MACRON AND SCHOLZ
French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take a Covid-19 test before his meeting with Russian President Putin on February 7 on the Ukraine crisis, so he was greeted by Putin at the other end of a long table.
This attitude of the Kremlin protocol towards Macron had wide repercussions in the world press, especially in France.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was also hosted at the end of the same table for refusing to take the Covid-19 test requested by Russia before his meeting with Putin on the Ukraine crisis on February 15. (AA)