Last minute… French President Emmanuel Macron stated that they will organize a humanitarian operation with Turkey and Greece for those who want to leave the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Macron held a press conference after the European Union (EU) Leaders’ Summit held in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
“WE WILL ORGANIZE HUMANITARIAN OPERATION WITH TURKEY AND GREECE”
Expressing that there are now 150 thousand people left in Mariupol with a population of 400 thousand and they live in very bad conditions, Macron said, “We will organize a humanitarian operation with Turkey and Greece for those who want to leave the city of Mariupol.” said.
Macron stated that they will organize this in the best possible conditions and in the coming days.
Noting that they are in contact with the Municipality of Mariupol on this issue, Macron said that they will negotiate with Russia for this operation and that he will discuss this issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone within 48-72 hours.
Macron noted that it is not possible to meet Putin’s demand for the gas sold to Europe to be paid in rubles and that the signed contracts are not appropriate.
REACTED TO THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
Noting that the sharing of the Russian Ambassador in Paris on Twitter regarding Europeans is unacceptable, Macron said, “This is a mistake and has been corrected. I hope it will not happen again. We wanted it not to be repeated again.” used the phrases.
Russian Ambassador to Paris Alexey Meshkov was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because of a cartoon about Europeans shared on Twitter.
In the news in the French press, it was noted that in the cartoon shared by the embassy on Twitter, the kneeling Europeans were put in a humiliating position before the person representing the USA. The post in question was later deleted. (AA)