October 20, 2024
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot warned during a visit to Kyiv on Oct. 19 that a Russian victory over Ukraine would bring “chaos” to the international system.
Barrot’s comments came as Russian forces continued their offensive in Ukraine’s east, including the capture of the key town of Vuhledar in early October.
Barrot’s visit was intended to reaffirm France’s strong support for Ukraine following President Volodymyr Zelensky’s unveiling of his victory plan to defeat Russia. The plan includes a call for increased Western military support.
“A Russian victory would consecrate the law of the strongest and precipitate the international order towards chaos,” Barrot said, standing alongside his counterpart Andrii Sybiha. When asked if Paris supported Zelensky’s victory plan, Barrot confirmed, “We support the victory plan because we have been alongside Ukraine for nearly 1,000 days.”
However, in the rest of his remarks, Barrot referred more generally to a “peace plan” as the way to end the war without specifying an official position on Zelensky’s detailed proposals, Agence France-Presse reported. Like other Western allies, Paris is still reviewing the plan’s specifics.
After meeting with Barrot, Zelensky expressed gratitude to France, saying the support for the victory plan could “bring real diplomacy and a just peace closer.” He described their meeting as “exactly what we needed” during his evening address.
The core of Zelensky’s plan includes an immediate invitation for Ukraine to join NATO, a position that Barrot said Paris is “open” to discussing with other alliance members. The plan also rejects territorial concessions and urges allies to lift restrictions on using long-range weapons provided to Ukraine against military targets within Russia.
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-victory-would-bring-chaos-french-fm-says
“French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot warned during a visit to Kyiv on Oct. 19 that a Russian victory over Ukraine would bring “chaos” to the international system.”
It should be clear that a Ukrainian defeat will have dire repercussions across the entire globe. Every democratic country must dread such a scenario. I think that everyone knows this, and it makes the inaction by the free world to assure a Ukrainian victory so much more baffling.
By dithering and obstructing aid to Ukraine and not responding accordingly to aggression and escalations by trash countries, the leaders of the free world are playing games with the future of international law and order, and they are playing games with the very lives of their citizens.
True, a defeat for Ukraine would be a signal for every dictatorship that it’s possible to attack any other country just because it can. Basically it’s a return to medieval politics when the only international right was the right of the strongest one. By trying to avoid a relatively small and localised conflict, civilised countries will be dragged into a myriad of larger conflicts, on every continent
It’s a crying shame that this isn’t seen this way in Western capitols, or they do see it but lack spines to oppose this development.
So, we must assume that France has abandoned its objection to Ukraine joining Nato. That leaves two tough nuts to crack : the US and Germany.
If the US flips over to full support, that leaves Germany.
Orbanistan and Slovakia must both be kicked out immediately.