French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu spoke by telephone on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Choïgu, a first since October 2022, after the recent attack in Moscow claimed by the Islamic State organization, announced the French Ministry of the Armed Forces.
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Mr. Lecornu
“recalled France's availability”
for
“increased exchanges”
with Moscow in the fight against
“terrorism”
, according to a press release, which underlines that the French minister also
“unreservedly condemned the war of aggression that Russia launched in Ukraine
.