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Escalation Risks Higher in Conflict With Russia Than With Iran, French Ex-President Says

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The risk of a clash with Russia escalating into a full-blown conflict is much higher than that of a war with Iran in the Middle East becoming a wider conflict, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday in a televised interview to a French news channel.Sarkozy spoke after US media reported that President Joe Biden was worried about Iran retaliating against Israel for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Shiite movement confirmed that Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut on Friday.

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Escalation Risks Higher in Conflict With Russia Than With Iran, French Ex-President Says

18:09 30.09.2024

© AP Photo / Gonzalo FuentesFrance's former President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for the inauguration ceremony of French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee palace in Paris, France, Saturday, May 7, 2022.

France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for the inauguration ceremony of French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee palace in Paris, France, Saturday, May 7, 2022. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 30.09.2024

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Sarkozy is a proponent of peace talks on Ukraine as the best way of stopping bloodshed. He also supports the idea of keeping Ukraine out of NATO.

"I am not really sure there is a risk of a full-scale escalation [in the Middle East], like we are being told … But I believe that the risk of a full-scale escalation would be much higher in case of globalization of the conflict with Russia than in a globalized conflict with Iran," he warned.

Smoke rises as a building collapses in Beirut's southern suburbs, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 30.09.2024

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Sarkozy spoke after US media reported that President Joe Biden was worried about Iran retaliating against Israel for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Shiite movement confirmed that Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut on Friday.