“We want to give a new impetus to the strategic dialogue with Russia,” TASS quoted Macron as saying.
According to the French leader, "this dialogue is dictated by history and geography."
“Without any naivety, we intend to conduct a strategic and demanding dialogue with our Russian neighbor,” he said.
He noted that this work, according to the President of France, "is not designed for one day, but this is what is needed."
Earlier, Macron said that in the situation with Belarus, the EU intends to pursue a policy of pressure on Minsk, on the one hand, and to conduct a dialogue with Russia, on the other.