According to foreign media reports, on February 7, French President Macron went to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two sides held more than 5 hours of talks, Macron became the first Western leader to visit Russia since the escalation of tensions between Russia and Ukraine last December, and the 3-meter long table in the middle of the two talks caused heated discussion among netizens.
In the kremlin parlor, Macron and Putin sit opposite each other at a long white table, a few meters apart, AFP reported. Since the beginning of a new outbreak, Russian presidents have often used this table to host foreign leaders.
For example, when Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán came to Russia for talks with Putin a few days ago, he also admitted that he had never sat behind such a long table in his life.
Therefore, for the talks, some netizens explained that this is not the embodiment of "Russia wants to keep a distance from the EU" or other potential information. Necessary measures just to prevent the epidemic.
But some see this distance as a "humiliation" to French President Emmanuel Macron, such as Florian Philippot, a far-right Politician in France and an anti-EU presidential candidate.
Of course, it was more of an entertaining joke about it, such as saying that he could even invite Patrick Balcáni to dance at the table if he did not go to jail (a former French member of the French National Assembly, who was sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax fraud during his tenure as mayor of Levallois-Perret).
Play badminton at the table
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The Last Supper with Putin with Macron
Some netizens thought of the scene of James Bond and the big bad guy in the 1983 movie "007 Outer Legend Cruise Missile" through this long table.
But Macron said the table wasn't a problem. "I think they are doing this to impose measures on the epidemic, which will not have an impact on this talk." We had small microphones and headphones so we could hear very clearly. ”
Macron also attached a picture of another perspective to Twitter, showing that dialogue is a prerequisite for crisis resolution and that they will work together.
But whether it is Macron's performance for his presidential campaign or France's efforts to promote the establishment of a united front for European countries, the Russian-French leaders' talks are an important step in easing the Crisis in Ukraine, but they cannot be solved by talks alone.
Jiupai News Intern Reporter Liang Xia