On Aug. 29, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech during his diplomatic visit to Serbia and told reporters that he did not invite Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov to the country, nor was he aware of his trip to France. Macron told reporters:
“As far as I’m concerned, I was absolutely unaware of Mr. Durov’s coming to France. And this is quite normal because I have not been aware of the coming of nationals from all over the world whether they have French nationality or not.”
The French President then went on to reiterate that Durov’s case would be handled by the “independent action of the French justice system in this matter.”
Macron has been facing widespread, international backlash for the decision to arrest Durov but has maintained that the decision to detain the tech entrepreneur and Russian native was not political.
Durov is currently free on a 5 million euro bail but must remain within France and check in with law enforcement officials on a bi-weekly basis.
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