France accused the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of lies and refused to conduct a dialogue with the Kremlin against Ukraine

French Foreign Minister Stefan Sezhurne said the dialogue would be possible after restoring trust. The head of the French Foreign Ministry, Stefan Sezhurne, reported that he is no longer interested in "discussions with Russian officials" after recent communication of the heads of defense agencies of France and Russia. About it reports France 24. "Today is not in our interests to discuss with Russian officials, since those prescracies that are published are a lie," the minister said.

It is known that on April 3, a telephone conversation of France Minister Sebastian Lecorton with the head of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoiga took place. This dialogue between the heads of the two agencies became the first since October 2022. Upon completion of the conversation in Russia, they reported the alleged readiness of Paris for dialogue with Moscow regarding Ukraine or to discuss possible peace talks. The French side unofficially denied the fact of this statement.

At the same time, the Minister of Defense of Russia, commenting on the terrorist attack in the City City Hall City City said that Ukraine "did nothing without the approval of its Western curators. " At the same time, he added that "we hope that the French special services are not involved in this. " In response, French President Emmanuel Macron called such comments on the Russian side "truly strange and threatening that is not something new.