Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Ogryzko: Macron’s decision to talk to Putin is shameful France's Emmanuel Macron to hold a telephone conversation with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the migration crisis. He expressed his opinion in an article for the portal NV.ua.
He was outraged that at this time Russia allegedly “rattles its arms at the Ukrainian border.”
According to Ogryzko, Western leaders in including Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, showed weakness by entering into a dialogue with Minsk and Moscow. “Mrs. Merkel, who has been in the office of chancellor for the last weeks, has actually recognized Lukashenka as the legitimate president of Belarus with her call. That immediately caused a surge of indignation in the countries of the same European Union, “Ogryzko said.
According to him, Germany and France will be” under the influence of Russia “for a long time, so Ukraine and its allies need to explain to the heads of these two countries that they are committing a big geopolitical mistake.
On November 17, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko again held a telephone conversation with the interim German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Before that, he called Merkel on November 15 to discuss the migration crisis on the border of Belarus with the EU. Details of the new conversation are still unknown. At the same time, the official representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany, Steffen Seibert, said that the German government refused to recognize the legitimacy of Lukashenko as President of Belarus.