Moscow, Mar 6 (EFE).- The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed any possibility of allowing European troops being deployed in Ukraine as part of peace efforts, calling it an act of NATO involvement in the war.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the deployment of European troops in Ukraine would mean the official involvement of NATO countries in the war against Russia.
“We cannot allow that to happen,” he told a joint news conference held with his Zimbabwean counterpart Amon Murwira in Moscow.
According to Lavrov, “there is no room for compromise” on the issue, while insisting that the discussion had a hostile purpose.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated Moscow’s opposition to the possible deployment of Western troops in Ukraine while criticizing French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on the threat posed by Russia as “extremely confrontational.”
“The speech is really extremely confrontational. It can hardly be perceived as a speech by a head of state who is thinking about peace,” Peskov told a press conference.
“Rather, from what was said, one can conclude that France is thinking more about war, about continuing the war,” he added.
The French president said in a speech to the nation on Wednesday that Europe must rearm in the face of the Russian “threat” and doubts about the US commitment to the continent’s security.
He also reiterated the plan to send European troops to Ukraine as part of the proposed settlement of the conflict with Russia. EFE
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