Zelensky invites Macron to come and see the existence of a “genocide” – 20 Minutes

Volodymyr Zelensky tries everything to influence the lexical field of France about the war led by Russia. The Ukrainian president has thus invited Emmanuel Macron to go to Ukraine to see with his own eyes that the Russian forces are committing “genocide”, a term that his French counterpart has so far refused to use. ‘Emmanuel, I spoke to him,’ President Zelensky said in an interview with the American channel CNN conducted on Friday and broadcast on Sunday. “I think he wants to ensure that Russia engages in a dialogue”, he added, to explain the refusal of the French leader to denounce a “genocide” in Ukraine, unlike the president of the United States Joe Biden. The Ukrainian president initially found this refusal “very hurtful” on Wednesday. “He will come, and he will see, and I am sure he will understand” “I told him that I wanted him to understand that he would not it’s not a war, it’s nothing but genocide. I invited him to come when he has the opportunity,” Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN. “He will come, and he will see, and I am sure he will understand”. Emmanuel Macron, in the midst of his re-election campaign, explained Thursday that the word “genocide” should in his opinion be “qualified by jurists, not by policies” and that “going into verbal escalation” was “not helping Ukraine”. Biden also invitedIn his interview broadcast on Sunday, the Ukrainian president also said he wanted Joe Biden, who created surprise by claiming a week ago that Russian forces were committing “genocide”. “I think he will come,” “but the decision is up to him, of course, it depends on the security situation,” he said. “But I think he is the leader of the United States and for that he should come and see”. “We would be happy to see him in our country, and that would be an important message of support for us”, added the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Dmytro Kouleba in an interview with another American channel, CBS, also broadcast on Sunday. According to him, “a personal meeting between the two presidents”, Biden and Zelensky, “could also pave the way for new transfers of American arms to Ukraine and for discussions on a possible political settlement of this conflict”. The US government is considering sending an envoy to kyiv, but the White House has so far ruled out a high-risk trip by the president himself.