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Not to humiliate Russia and to provide it with security guarantees in the future - on these issues today French President Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron was born on December 21, 1977 in the city of Amiens.

He is the youngest president to argue after generating a new controversy when, in an interview with French media, he spoke about the security architecture in Europe after the end of the war in Ukraine, France Press reported, quoted by BTA.

"I don't think we should turn these things into such big cases, try to create controversy where there is none," Macron said on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans summit held today in the Albanian capital, Tirana.

"I have always said the same thing, which is that in the end, in the peace talks, there will be topics related to the territory of Ukraine and they are within the competence of the Ukrainians. But there will also be topics related to the collective security of the entire region." , Macron said.

On Saturday, speaking about the security architecture that needs to be rebuilt in Europe after the war in Ukraine ends, Macron stressed that guarantees should then be given to Russia in order to find a good balance.

Macron: If Putin agrees to talks, the West should consider guarantees for Russia's security

This security architecture, built by the US and the USSR, and then by Russia, has been falling apart for years.

France insists on the need for Europeans to be at the negotiating table when new arms control agreements are negotiated.

"One of the essential points is the fear that NATO will come to its doors (of Russia - note ed.), this is the deployment of weapons that can threaten Russia," Macron explained to the French TV channel Teif 1, recalling the current claims and positions of Russia.

Before invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Westerners to abandon any further NATO expansion, particularly into Ukraine, and to withdraw the alliance's military assets in Western Europe.

These conditions were perceived as unacceptable by NATO members.

With his words about security in Russia, Macron has again drawn criticism in Ukraine and in some Eastern European countries, particularly those that take a particularly hard line towards Moscow.

"Who wants to provide guarantees for the security of a terrorist and murderous state?" asked the head of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov.

"It is strange to talk about security guarantees to a country that has never faced a real risk of attack and that is attacking Ukraine," Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite said.

According to Marcin Pshidach, Poland's deputy interior minister, Macron is making a mistake by saying this.

"Vladimir Putin is mentally structured in such a way that any attempt at contact, at reconciliation, makes him stronger psychologically," he warned.

Latvian Deputy Prime Minister Artis Pabriks said that the idea of ​​giving security guarantees to Russia means falling into the trap of Putin's rhetoric, according to whom the West and Ukraine are responsible for the war.

There will be a way out of the conflict in Ukraine if we offer guarantees for the security of Ukraine, said the EU's number one diplomat Josep Borrell, adding that Russia will be discussed later.

Josep Borrell: Russia must pay for the recovery of Ukraine

According to Pascal Boniface, director of the Institute for International and Strategic Relations in Paris, there are differences regarding the post-war period, with Poland, the Baltic countries, even Finland and Sweden on one side, and France, Germany, Belgium and some southern European countries.

"Some share the idea that Russia will always be a threat, while others think that it cannot be punished forever and that Putin should not be confused with Russia."  

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