On the eve of the Olympics, Paris cut off anti-terrorist cooperation with Moscow
| The Russian ambassador in France says that Paris has cut off all its anti-terrorist cooperation with Moscow in a few months before the 2024 Olympics! |
report Mehr News Agency quoted by “Le Journal du Dimanche” weekly newspaper, Alexey Meshkov, the Russian ambassador to France, says that this country, just a few months away from the 2024 Olympics, will end all its cooperation with Moscow. in the field of fighting terrorism.
Meshkov’s statements came two weeks after the terrorist attack on the Crocus concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, which left more than 140 victims. France, which is hosting the Summer Olympics in July and August, raised its terror alert level to the highest level after the Moscow terrorist attack and tightened security measures in Paris.
Meshkov pointed to the old relations between Russia and France in the field of fighting terrorism and said: However, France has recently cut off all communications in this field. The evidence is undeniable; Today, France provides significant support to Ukraine in the field of information exchange, while Ukraine engages in terrorist activities in Russia!
Although the Khorasan ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack on the Crocus concert hall, Russian investigators say they have found evidence that suggests Kiev’s involvement in the attack. .
The Russian diplomat added: “A few years ago, Russia provided France with the security expertise and experience it gained during the 2014 Sochi Olympics.” Nevertheless, the French authorities today cooperate in security by setting up a special mechanism with all foreign embassies based in Paris, but the Russian embassy was not invited to this mechanism and was not even aware of this plan.
However, he pledged that Russia would inform France if it received information about a security threat during the Olympics. He said: Of course, correspondence will be difficult because the Russian Embassy has been excluded from any information exchange in the field of preparations for the Olympic Games. They have no exchange of views with us.
Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, has recently claimed that Russia is planning to overshadow the Olympic Games by launching a campaign of lies. Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Kremlin, described this claim and accusation as “completely baseless”.
