French President Emmanuel Macron said that he had no doubt that Russia would try to target the Paris Olympics this summer. Relations between Russia and the IOC have worsened in the run-up to the Paris Games, which start on July 26.
Macron said suggestions France may have links to the attack were 'ridiculous'President Emmanuel Macron has denounced Russia after Putin's defence minister suggested France had been involved in the terror attack on a packed Moscow concert hall that left at least 144 people dead.
French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, a long time confidant of Putin, shared rare phone talks on Thursday as France is pulling out all the stops to host the Olympic Games this summer. Emergency services personnel clearing the rubble of the burnt-out Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk on March 26, 2024
'It's ridiculous to say that France is behind it, that the Ukrainians are behind it... It does not correspond to reality, it's a manipulation of information which is part of Russia's arsenal of war,' he added. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu shared a one-hour phone call with his French counterpart on Thursday. The Kremlin for its part warned France it hoped that the French secret services had not been involved in the recent attack on a concert hall in Moscow claimed by Islamic State group extremists
A view of the damage at Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow, Russia, pictured on March 23, 2024 after the fire was extinguished A communal worker clears rubble following an overnight missile strike on a House of Culture in the town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, on April 1, 2024 Meanwhile, following the call between defence ministers, Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, said it was also important for France to keep talking with Russia to rule out any possible 'dangerous encounters' in Ukraine.
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