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France Regrets Poroshenko Attempts to Buy European Weapons – Politician

© AFP 2023 / GENYA SAVILOV Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko examines a British-made "Saxon" armored personnel carrier with a Ukrainian weapon system while visiting a military base outside Kiev on April 4, 2015
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko examines a British-made Saxon armored personnel carrier with a Ukrainian weapon system while visiting a military base outside Kiev on April 4, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Aymeric Chauprade, a French politician and a member of the European Parliament, said that France "regrets" that Kiev is seeking to buy European weapons.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko - Sputnik International
No Need to Request Lethal Weaponry From France at Present - Poroshenko
MOSCOW (Sputnik), Anastasia Levchenko – France "regrets" that Kiev is seeking to buy European weapons while it is embroiled in an armed conflict with independence supporters in the country's southeast, a French politician and a member of the European Parliament told Sputnik Wednesday.

"We hope France will keep its balanced view of the situation, and we try to find a good and reasonable agreement with Mr Poroshenko, even if we clearly regret that Mr Poroshenko still tries to buy weapons in Europe, Aymeric Chauprade, a member of the right-wing National Front party, said.

Chauprade added that France is concerned that Poroshenko does nothing to calm the military standoff in his country.

French far-right National Front's (FN) party candidate for the May 2014 European elections in the Ile de France (Paris region) and French nationals abroad lists, Aymeric Chauprade, expert in geopolitics, poses after a press conference on January 21, 2014 in Paris - Sputnik International
Poroshenko Puts No Effort to Calm Ukraine Crisis, Discussions Useless
The Ukrainian president arrived in France for an official visit earlier in the day. Poroshenko stated earlier Wednesday that he was not planning to request supplies of lethal weapons from France at present or in the near future.

Since the start of the military operation against eastern Ukrainian independence supporters April 2014, Kiev has repeatedly asked Western states for lethal aid.

In February, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that Paris had no plans to supply Ukraine with weaponry, stressing the need for finding a political solution to the Ukrainian crisis. Several other European countries including Germany, Norway and Denmark also ruled out arming Kiev.

Moscow has repeatedly stated that supplying Kiev with weapons would lead to deterioration of the situation in Ukraine.

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