MOSCOW, Apr 25 French President Emmanuel Macron should be ready to give up Bordeaux if he wants to negotiate on behalf of Kiev, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said in an interview with The Telegraph. Crimea. I suggest Macron give up part of France. Can he do it? Let him give Bordeaux or some other part of France to another country,» the official said.
Danilov's anger was caused by the fact that Paris did not inform Kiev about consultations with China on peace negotiations. According to him, «without Ukraine, no one will agree on anything.» He also added: «Crimea and Sevastopol are our lands.»
In early April, Macron paid an official visit to China. Bloomberg reported that he wants to approach the PRC with a plan that, in his opinion, could lead to negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
The French president instructed his adviser Emmanuel Bonn to work with the head of the office of the foreign affairs commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party China Wang Yi over the creation of a basis for dialogue.