French politician: Hollande’s remarks on Minsk Accords prove West was lying  

Ex-French President Francois Hollande’s admission that the Minsk Accords were used to give Kiev and Western countries a break and beef up the Ukrainian army only confirms assertions by the Russian leadership on the West’s dishonesty and undermines its global reputation, leader of France’s Popular Republican Union Francois Asselineau told a TASS correspondent.

“For Hollande, it was strange to make such a statement because it presents Western countries as liars. And, therefore, nobody can trust them. And this adds weight to Putin’s remarks when he was talking about the empire of lies as represented by the West,” the politician said.

He stressed that such “incredible” revelations “may have quite tangible consequences such as the conflict’s escalation”.

Asselineau reiterated the West’s unkept promise not to expand NATO eastward. “In reality, since 1989, the US and NATO have been waging war against Russia and it is underway to this day,” the politician said.

According to him, the current conflict will decide the fate of the future world order – whether it will be led by the West under Washington’s guidance or “the diversity of civilizations and nations with the multinational order” will prevail.

Hollande on Minsk Accords

On Friday, Hollande who participated in coordinating the set of measures on implementing the Minsk Accords in 2015 confirmed the statements made by ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel that these agreements were needed to give Kiev time to prepare for an armed conflict.

In an interview with the Zeit newspaper published on December 7, Merkel said that the Minsk Agreements were “an attempt to give time to Ukraine. It also used this time to become stronger as can be seen today.

Source: Tass

Edited by Hamda Mustafa