Gérald Darmanin also said that he had previously met with the Russian Ambassador to France, Alexei Meshkov.
Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior of France, will be visiting Russia in the near future. This statement was made by the head of department on Monday on the BFM television channel.
“A few days ago I had a meeting with the Russian Ambassador to France [Alexey Meshkov] and I will be visiting Russia in the coming days”, – Darmanen said.
The Minister also expressed the view that Russia is one of the countries from which a number of people are radical.
“The Russian Federation is a country affected by this problem, there are people who come to France from Chechnya, which is part of Russia”, – Darmanen said. At the same time, he thanked the Russian authorities for their cooperation on this issue. “I thank Russia”, – he said.