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Macron refused defining 'red lines' in Ukraine crisis

  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 18 Apr 2022 23:37
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Macron does align with Europe while doing his best not to upset Russia - at least not too much.

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  • French President Emmanuel Macron.
    French President Emmanuel Macron.

French President Emmanuel Macron, on Monday, avoided defining "red lines" when it came to the war in Ukraine. 

"Saying what will mark as a red line means saying how to respond to [violations] and where," Macron told France 5 broadcaster when he was asked about a "red line" regarding allegations that Russia has used chemical weapons in Ukraine. 

Macron said that in order for a country to draw a red line, the country has to officially become an ally of the party to the conflict and "enter the war with Russia."

"It should be calculated; it is a responsibility that we will not take on so lightly," he added.

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Although Americans have been feeling the heat of the soaring gas prices before anything happened on February 24, Biden redirected attention away from his incompetence to attribute the gas price increase to the "dictator" Putin, accusing him of committing a "genocide half a world away." 

“Your family budget, your ability to fill up your tank, none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide half a world away,” Biden said.

Macron declined to join his US counterpart in describing Russia's actions as "genocide". When asked about the characterization, he said he would "be careful with such terms" and that the peoples of Ukraine and Russia were "brothers".

However, he did say that the continued violence in Ukraine was "madness" and that he believed that there were war crimes being "committed by the Russian army" in Ukraine and that the perpetrators should be held accountable.

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