ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said he would go to Russia for the soccer World Cup if France achieve the semi-finals, turning a hard of hearing ear to calls from human rights gatherings to blacklist the competition.
Human rights bunches bringing for the blacklist over Russia’s inclusion in Syria’s respectful war met with Macron’s counselors not long ago, saying it would send a solid emblematic message if the 40-year-old pioneer did not go to the World Cup.
“In the event that the French group goes past the quarter-finals I will come and support,” Macron said amid a joint news gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Macron has relied upon supporting associations with ungainly pioneers, for example, Putin, seeming connected with on the world stage however remaining wary and endeavoring to intervene among contradicting sides without agitating anybody.
France have been attracted to confront Australia, Denmark and Peru in Group C at the World Cup, which keeps running from June 14 to July 15. The best two in the gathering will advance to the round of 16.