Zelensky says he invited Macron to visit Ukraine to verify that there is a “genocide”

the ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskystated that he invited Emmanuel Macron to visit Ukraine so that he can see for himself that Russian forces are committing “genocide”, a term his French counterpart has so far refused to use.

“With respect to EmmanuelI talked to him,” he said. Zelensky in an interview with the American channel CNN conducted on Friday and broadcast this Sunday.

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“I think you want to make sure that Russia start a dialogue”he opined, to explain the French leader’s refusal to denounce a “genocide” by Russian troops invading Ukraineunlike the position of the president of the United States, Joe Biden.

The Ukrainian president initially considered this refusal “very painful” on Wednesday.

“I told him that I wanted him to understand that this is not a war, that it is nothing more than genocide.. I invited him to come when he has a chance,” he said. Zelensky to CNN. “He will come, and he will see, and I am sure he will understand,” he added.

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Macronin full campaign for his re-election in the presidential elections next Sunday in France, He explained on Thursday that the word “genocide” should in his opinion be “qualified by lawyers, not politicians” and that “verbal escalations” did not help Ukraine.

In his interview broadcast on Sunday, the Ukrainian president also expressed his desire to be visited by Biden, who this week declared that Russian forces were committing “genocide.”

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“I think he will come (…) but the decision is up to him, of course, it depends on the security situation,” said. “But I think he’s the ruler of the United States and that’s why he should come and see,” she explained.

The United States government is considering sending an envoy to kyiv, but the White House has ruled out for the moment that the president himself travels, a trip that would be high risk in the midst of the conflict.

Source: Elcomercio

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