PARIS, Jan 30 French presidential candidate from the centre-right Republican party Valerie Pecresse speaks with the initiative to hold a conference on security in Europe with the participation of Russia and the European Union. «As I understand it, today there is legitimate concern on the part of Russia in connection with the organization of an alliance near its borders, which may be directed against it. Therefore, it is necessary to speak. A conference on security in Europe with the participation of Russia and the European Union,» Pekress said on the France 3 TV channel.Russia will seek Western security guarantees in the EU, Lavrov said. She welcomed the dialogue that exists between France and the Russian Federation today. “Finally, France is talking to Russia. And I think that it was absolutely necessary to resume this dialogue if we want to guarantee peace on the borders of Europe. At the same time, we must be very firm in this dialogue. The borders of Ukraine are inviolable, and we must protect them, because France today is in NATO — an alliance that will protect sovereign states located on its borders,» the politician emphasized. Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and does not intend to attack anyone, and claims of «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, the information hysteria of the US and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. gas due to fear of «Russian actions»
