Responding to a question about Western partners’ proposals to make concessions to Russia, he said that “some figures propose giving guarantees to terrorists”.
After all the crimes committed in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stripped the title of terrorist No. 1 to the founder of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, according to the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
“If anyone thinks we should apologize [перед россиянами] and give them the Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk regions, then this is complete madness. Also, I can’t understand how you talk to terrorists. Imagine that you are sitting at the table [президент США Джо] Biden and bin Laden and are starting negotiations on guarantees to bin Laden,” Danilov said.
The interview host recalled that French President Emmanuel Macron offered to provide security guarantees to Moscow during the peace talks.
“And when you say you need to talk to him about something, he needs to have some kind of guarantee. Well, give Bordeaux, give him yours. We don’t need ours, we’ll figure it out ourselves.” stressed the NSDC secretary.
After the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, Macron has repeatedly called Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with Rai 1 published on May 13 the French president “wanted to find sure results” in mediation between countries, but could not do it through no fault of Ukraine – “didn’t find them on the Russian side.” “We are not ready to save anyone anything and lose our territories for this… This is a waste of time,” Zelensky said.
At the same time, the Macron team, commenting on Zelensky’s statements, assured that the French president did not offer Ukraine to make territorial concessions.
Macron said this on December 1, during a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden it will not invite the Ukrainian authorities to compromise with the Russian Federation on unfavorable terms for the Ukrainian side.
December 3 President of France spoke of security guarantees for Russia for peace negotiations. On December 19, he repeated this proposal in an interview with the channel TF1/LCI noting that the negotiations however “one day will take place, to end the conflict in Ukraine.” “Peace will still require discussions. First of all, guarantees to Ukraine, its territorial integrity, its long-term security. But also for Russia, as part of a truce and a peace treaty,” he said.
