Macron says he is « sure » that Trump will « react » in the face of « cynicism » of Putin – Liberation

French President Emmanuel Macron said he « on » This Saturday, May 17 in Tirana that his American counterpart Donald Trump was going « react » facing « cynicism » by Vladimir Putin, after a new Russian drone strike in Ukraine.

« Faced with the cynicism of President Putin, I believe, I am even sure, that President Trump, concerned about the credibility of the United States of America, will react »he said at a common press conference with the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. “A president was elected by the American people. He arrived with a salutary ambition, making peace, and he said that he was going to hire everyone to make peace ”, Added Emmanuel Macron.

Friday, The French PresidentGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Ministers Keir Starmer and Polish Donald Tusk had already taken Donald Trump to witness to denounce the « refusal » Russian of a ceasefire and increase the pressure on Moscow.

« The ceasefire proposals, which I recall that it is an American initiative, were not respected by President Putin and his armies »hammered Emmanuel Macron this Saturday. « We gathered the volunteer coalitionthen called together President Trump by saying, here we are all behind the ceasefire, we will all re-engage behind a coalition of volunteers with security guarantees ”he added from Tirana where a summit of the leaders of the European continent was held on Friday.

A few hours after the conclusion of this summit and the day after peace talks in Istanbul Where Russians and Ukrainians agreed on an important exchange of prisoners but without announcement of ceasefire, a Russian drone attack on a minibus carrying civilians left nine and four injured in northern Ukraine.