The branch of the Islamic State jihadist group “involved” in the attack which left 137 dead in Moscow
“had carried out several attempts in recent months”
on French
“soil”
, declared Monday Emmanuel Macron, after the lifting of the Vigipirate plan to its maximum level.
“We have offered the Russian services, as well as our partners in the region, increased cooperation
,” said the French president upon his arrival in Guyana.
“We must guard against any instrumentalization or distortion, but be demanding and efficient.
It is in this spirit that we are moving forward and I hope that Russia will do the same
,” he added to the press while Vladimir Putin pointed out Ukraine's responsibility.
Emmanuel Macron also returned to the decision taken Sunday evening during a defense council on
“the Moscow attack and its consequences”
.
Gabriel Attal, in fact, announced on this occasion
to “raise”
the Vigipirate plan in France to its highest
“emergency attack”
level , following the attack on Moscow claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
Given the thwarted attacks,
“it is a measure that is coherent
,” he said.