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Macron warns the West could lose credibility over Ukraine and Gaza wars

Tessa Wong
Asia Digital Reporter•tessa_wong
Reporting fromShangri-la Dialogue, Singapore
Getty Images Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks at a podium in front of a blue screen.Getty Images
Macron was speaking at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore

's President Emmanuel Macron warned the US and Europe risked losing their credibility and being accused of "double standards" if they do not resolve the wars in Ukraine and Gaza soon.

He also appealed to Asian countries to build a new alliance with Europe to ensure they do not become "collateral damage" in the struggle for power between the US and China.

Macron was speaking at the Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual high-level Asia defence summit held in Singapore by the think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Among the guests listening were US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, as well as top military officials from the region.

Macron pointed out that if Russia could take Ukrainian territory "without any restrictions, without any constraints… what could happen in Taiwan? What will you do the day something happens in the Philippines":[]}