Former prime minister Francois Fillon, favourite to become the French centre-right’s candidate for president in an election next year, said that Russia did not constitute a security threat and it was “completely stupid” to push it away.
French officials have been pressing for an extension of European Union sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine and suggested that further sanctions over its role in Syria may be necessary given the Russian-backed Syrian government… …read more
Source: South China Morning Post
