French President Emmanuel Macron has denounced Belarus's decision to authorise Russia to deploy nuclear weapons on its soil.
In a call with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Macron asked him to demand Russia's withdrawal of its troops from Belarus "as quickly as possible".
"These troops are waging a unilateral and unjust war", Macron said, according to a statement from his office, the Élysée.
Macron also "emphasised the extent to which brotherhood between the Belarusian and Ukrainian peoples should make Belarus refuse to be Russia’s vassal and de facto accomplice in the war against Ukraine".
In recent days Russian troops have been seen moving into Ukraine from its border with Belarus, a longtime Russian ally.
