Putin, Macron discuss Ukraine crisis by phone - reports
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron, attend a joint press conference, in Moscow, Russia, February 7, 2022. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the Ukraine crisis in a telephone call that lasted one hour and 40 minutes on Saturday, Interfax news agency cited the Kremlin as saying.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov gave no further details.
French president Emmanuel Macron told Vladimir Putin on Saturday that sincere negotiations were incompatible with an escalation in tensions over Ukraine, the Élysée Palace said, report The Guardian.
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Putin received Macron in the Kremlin earlier this week in the first summit Putin has held with a Western leader since the Kremlin began massing troops near Ukraine last year.
