The head of the EU’s diplomacy, Josep Borrell, has expressed surprise at the extent of Africans’ support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a rather racist and derogatory manner, though, Sputnik reported.
“In Africa, people support Putin. They say Putin saved Donbass. Saying Putin has saved Donbass, now he will come to Africa and save us,” Borrell stated during his remarks at the NATO Public Forum. “What kind of intellectual process is behind this kind of attitude?”
Borrell stressed that a new strategy for defense was required, one that would put information warfare ahead of conventional military tactics.
“We need a different army. We need people watching the network and people explaining what is going on, reprogramming the listeners, giving them correct information, in order to prevent an intervention in electoral processes,” the EU foreign policy chief stated.
Borrell emphasized the significance of concentrating on the information war, which is fought inside people’s heads rather than on a real battlefield.
“We don’t need to drop bombs or deploy tanks; we need to disseminate news and occupy cyberspace. The EU is very active in this area,” he claimed.
This is not the first instance of Borrell’s derogatory remarks toward the African population. Back in 2022, the EU’s top diplomat faced fierce backlash for racism and colonial thinking, as Borrell once claimed that migrants, particularly from Africa, were leaving their “jungles” in favor of Europe’s “gardens.”
Also in 2022, he said that African nations backing Russia were ignorant of Vladimir Putin’s identity or the location of the Donbass.
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