The French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, criticized on Tuesday the Russian interference in the presidential elections in Romania, insisting on the “concrete Russian threat” towards European states.
Jean-Noël Barrot rejected, on Tuesday during his visit to Singapore, the analysis of Steve Witkoff, the emissary of US President Donald Trump. The official stated, on Sunday, in an interview for Fox News, that he does not believe that Vladimir Putin “wants to take over the entire European territory”, arguing that it is a “theoretical” threat, because the Russian President “wants peace”.
” We are analyzing the facts, and the idea is that today Russia dedicates 10% of its GDP to defense investments, which represents 40% of budget spending,” Jean-Noël Barrot declared.
The French Foreign Minister denounced Russia’s intervention in the Romanian elections
The French Foreign Minister strongly criticized Russia’s interference in the presidential elections in Romania. He insisted on the activities of “Russian actors” which led to the cancellation of the 2024 elections.
” Its aggression in the past three years has expanded beyond Ukraine, especially through information manipulation, which affects even France, but in an even more serious manner, European countries such as Romania, where the presidential elections had to be canceled due to disinformation campaigns led by Russian actors,” Jean-Noël Barrot transmitted..
Europe has also faced acts of sabotage by Russia, especially in countries in Eastern Europe, according to the Foreign Minister. Russia has been accused of carrying out acts of sabotage on submarine cables in the Baltic Sea.
” Russia’s aggression is not just theoretical. It is very concrete, and many European countries have suffered tangible consequences,” Jean-Noël Barrot underlined, according to the newspaper Le Monde.
” We want peace, that’s why we want to deter any threat that comes from Russia or other states,” the French Foreign Minister advocated.