Sébastien Lecornu spoke with his Russian counterpart on Wednesday, at the express request of Emmanuel Macron, to discuss the attack of May 22. The French, who have, unfortunately, a long history of the Islamic State group having claimed responsibility for the Crocus killings, had immediately proposed, through the voice of Macron himself, technical cooperation on this issue of the fight against terrorism.
According to our information, it was also at theexpress request of the president that Lecornsu telephoned Choïgou, this exchange marking a first since October 2022.