“We did not accept the moratorium proposed by Russia ... But we took it as a basis for discussion,” he said at a press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
According to him, this idea should not be dismissed.
Earlier in the Kremlin, they said that Macron responded to Putin's message on this issue.
As noted by the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, Macron expresses his understanding of the concern and readiness for dialogue.