Go to the media bankAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to France and the Principality of Monaco Alexei Meshkov. Archival photoPARIS, Oct 13 Russia sees no desire on the part of France to unfreeze cooperation in various fields, suspended due to the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to Paris Alexei Meshkov said in an interview with RIA Novosti. in general, cooperation (of Russia and France — ed.) in addition to business has been suspended. A particularly strong blow was dealt to the field of culture, the field of education, student exchanges. And so far we do not see any desire on the part of the French to unfreeze this work, «- Meshkov said. At the same time, he noted that «this does not mean that we are sitting still.» «You know that in Paris itself we have two large cultural centers that hold regular work, exhibitions. But doing this has become much more difficult. Some of our traditional projects have been curtailed. For example, this year would have been the 30th anniversary of the Honfleur Film Festival, which always takes place in the fall. Now the Honfleur authorities have closed this festival, I hope temporarily,» the diplomat said. mat.Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. The ultimate goal of the operation, according to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, is «the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that would guarantee the security of Russia itself.» maintaining the dialogue between Russia and France on the situation in Ukraine
