Russia-Ukraine: Russia will pull troops from Belarus after exercises, Paris says: LIVE UPDATES
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Via: vic-eldred • 2 years ago • 8 commentsBy: Edmund DeMarche Share (Fox News)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Moscow that the troops stationed in Belarus will be pulled back once their war-game exercises are completed.
Reuters reported that Putin did not mention the agreement after the marathon, seven-hour meeting with his French counterpart in the Kremlin on Monday. A French official told the news service about Moscow's plan to pull back the troops. Macron's diplomatic gamble to meet with Putin-- who has clashed with Western countries-- may have paid off.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Putin, told Tass, the Russian news agency, that there was never any talk of the soldiers staying in the country after the war games.
"No one has ever said that Russian troops will remain on the territory of Belarus, this has never been discussed," Peskov said. "We are talking about allied exercises and, of course, it is understood that upon completion of these exercises, the troops will return to their permanent places of deployment."
The deployment raised concerns that Russia could be planning an Ukraine invasion from multiple fronts. - Edmund DeMarche
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The obvious question is what did Macron give Putin?
Evening Vic...our reject subs...🇦🇺
Not sure even the Russians would want them. Unless Macron threw in several vineyards worth of French Wine to balance it out.
Good Morning mate......Could it be a promise to vote NO on admitting the Ukraine to NATO?
The two Mistral Class amphibious assault ships perhaps?
I'm thinking just a NO vote.
What's the obvious answer?
No idea why FOX is being used (actually I do) for this story when Reuters has been available:
Paris says Putin agreed to start no new manoeuvres near Ukraine for now
Kremlin denies Putin told Macron there will be no new manoeuvres near Ukraine