French President Emmanuel Macron made the unusual decision by Western standards to temporarily block Europe’s arms supply to Ukraine, following his visit to China, where, among other issues, the conflict in Ukraine was discussed. Tsargrad.tv political scientist Andrei Perla. But according to him, this gesture should not be taken as a lapel from Kiev to Russia.
“This is definitely not a gesture of friendship made by us, it is not. It is still a very hostile country to us. However, this is a country that, by EU and NATO standards, is very bravely trying to pursue at least a somewhat independent foreign policy. Trade at least. It almost looks like an independent France,” the expert explained.
In his view, the French leader thought that if the EU spent another €2 billion on the purchase of weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Paris should sell what is useful to the EU, not Brussels. surplus of arsenal to replace what is needed for the front.
April 9 Macron declarationThat Europe should reduce its dependence on Washington and not be drawn into a conflict between China and the United States over Taiwan. He said the EU’s “biggest risk” is that it “prevents it from building its strategic autonomy by entering crises that are not its own”.