PARIS: France on Thursday denounced joint Russian military exercises with Belarus as « a very violent gesture » in addition to Moscow’s troop build-up on neighbouring Ukraine’s borders.
The planned 10-day manoeuvres in Belarus were « extremely large » Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Inter radio. « There is a mounting number of very significant exercises right on Ukraine’s border… it’s a very violent gesture that concerns us ».
The planned 10-day manoeuvres in Belarus were « extremely large » Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Inter radio. « There is a mounting number of very significant exercises right on Ukraine’s border… it’s a very violent gesture that concerns us ».