France Aborts Looming World War III 07-12-2014

France Aborts Looming World War III, Reaches Out To Vladimir Putin

By Athena Yenko| December 9, 2014 4:50 PM EST

France's soft stance on Russia may abort the looming World War III between Russia and The West with political experts saying that France mediation is significant in many ways. With French President Francois Hollande meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Dec 6, Russia finds another Western Ally after losing Germany, experts concurred.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) approaches to shake hands with his French counterpart Francois Hollande during a meeting at Moscow's Vnukovo airport, December 6, 2014. Hollande told Putin at the start of a brief stopover at a Moscow airport that he wanted to discuss the Ukraine crisis. Russia's Rossiya-24 state television said Putin and Hollande planned to discuss Ukraine and France's decision to suspend indefinitely the delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carriers to Moscow because of the crisis in Ukraine.

Mr Hollande's friendlier approach toward Mr Putin has the potential to prevent Russia's relationship with the European Union "from going to the dogs," Tatiania Kastueva-Jean of the French Institute of International relations or IFRI said. "Hollande's reaching out to Putin is an attempt to balance out Germany's influence in the EU," Kastueva-Jean told The Moscow Times.

"France is the last big country that can mediate between Russia and the West," Arnaud Dubien, head of the French-Russian think tank Observo also told The Moscow Times.

At the recently held G20 meeting in Brisbane Australia, Mr Hollande was one among the very few who welcomes Mr Putin. Prime Minister Tony Abbott had even threatened to shirt front Mr Putin and was one among the world leaders who blasted Mr Putin over the Ukraine crisis.

Amidst Western sanctions against Russia, France did not pressure for French companies to halt its commerce with Russia, Sergei Fyodorov of the Institute of Europe at the Russian Academy of Sciences noted. In fact, France makes up the 2.4 percent or $15.6 billion of Russia's foreign trading in 2014.

Mr Hollande was also the first leader among the Western powers to meet with Mr Putin since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March, Reuters noted. In his meeting with Mr Putin on Dec 6, he negotiated for a genuine truce over Ukraine. He highlighted that France's role in the whole equation is for solutions to be reached, thereby degenerating problems from further escalation.

"I wanted today, alongside President Putin, to send a message of de-escalation. Today that message is possible," Mr Hollande told press as reported by Reuters.

"I very much hope that in the nearest future a final decision on ceasing fire will be taken," Mr Putin said in support of Mr Hollande's.

The current pressure on Russia will bring him to realise he needs to be on good terms with Europe for not only enconomic reasons but for political reasons also.  The Bible says that Russia will become a "guard' to Europe, this might well happen if Russia joins Nato and in large part takes over from America who must withdraw from Europe.  This withdrawal may pick up pace when Britain withdraws from the EU and turns to the Commonwealth Countries to re-ignite who global influence. Here we have France "Gomer" in Ezekiel 38 playing a role we would expect as France is specifically mentioned in the Bible as being with Russia when Russia along with the EU comes down into the Middle East. Yet again we see the latter day alignment of Nations as Prophesied by the Bible falling into place before our very eyes.  See this article to learn more about this and the latter day prophecies of the Bible.