France does not understand why U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was to blame for Russia's invasion of his country and the resulting war, a French government spokesperson said on Wednesday, APA reports citing Reuters.
"We don't understand the logic very well," spokesperson Sophie Primas told reporters, describing "the diverse, varied and often incomprehensible comments by President Trump".
She said Trump had made a number of comments on Ukraine over the past few days without consulting his European allies.
Trump, in comments to reporters on Tuesday, said: "You've been there for three years," referring to concerns that Ukraine had been excluded from talks between Russia and the United States. "You should've never started it. You could have made a deal."
Ukraine and its allies in Europe were stunned by the decision by Washington and Moscow to hold peace talks in Saudi Arabia this week. Ukraine has said it will not accept a deal imposed on it without its consent, which European leaders have echoed, while Russia has ruled out conceding land it has won.
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to have an informal meeting on Ukraine with some European leaders and NATO ally Canada at 4 p.m., following a similar meeting with Britain, Italy, Germany, Spain, the EU, Denmark and the Netherlands on Monday.
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