Russia summons French ambassador over foreign minister's 'unacceptable' comments

"Russia on Friday summoned the French ambassador to Moscow following “unacceptable” comments by French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne. Sejourne on Monday said that France had no interest in talking to the Kremlin, a few days after a telephone conversation between Russian and French defense ministers ended in divergent accounts.

French ambassador Pierre Levy “was informed about the unacceptable character of such statements, which have nothing to do with reality,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement, denouncing a “deliberate act” that “aimed to undermine the possibility of any dialogue between the two countries”. France24