The French President warned Russia not to blame Ukraine for the terrorist attack 0
(Dan Tri) – French President Emmanuel Macron named the perpetrators of the terrorist attack on Moscow last week and warned Russia not to blame Ukraine for the incident.
French President Emmanuel Macron (Photo: Reuters).
France has intelligence information that `it was a branch of IS that planned and carried out the (terrorist attack on Russia),` President Macron announced on March 25.
He said that this terrorist group has attacked French territory several times.
In addition, Mr. Macron warned Russia not to `take advantage` of the attack to blame Ukraine.
IS claimed responsibility for the attack on the Crocus City theater in Moscow on March 22, killing 137 people.
Russia is still investigating the incident and has arrested the suspects.
Russia said it had captured the suspect when these elements attempted to flee to the Ukrainian border.
Ukraine denied this information, claiming it had no involvement in the terrorist attack.
The US also confirmed that ISIS-K, a branch group of IS, was the sole perpetrator of the incident, but has not provided specific evidence for this claim.
After the incident, Mr. Macron said Paris had asked Russian security agencies to `strengthen cooperation,` adding that France would have contact with Russia at the `technical and ministerial level` regarding
The French leader has not spoken to Mr. Putin since he made a series of phone calls in 2022 to convince the Russian President to end the military campaign in Ukraine.
`We will see how the situation develops and whether the coming days or weeks are suitable for a personal exchange (with Mr. Putin),` Mr. Macron said.
On March 24, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said: `Because the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack in Moscow and because of the threats to the country, we decided to
This mechanism allows France to implement special security measures such as armed forces increasing patrols in public places such as train stations, airports and religious sites.
In a related development, EU foreign policy spokesman Peter Stano said on March 25 that the European Union has suspended security cooperation with Russia but is ready to resume dialogue on the fight against Russia.
`We are very clear in condemning what happened in Moscow, it was certainly a terrorist attack. If Russia makes a credible proposal, based on reasonable grounds and respecting the rules
