This was reported by the press service of the Elysee Palace.
“The President of the Republic expressed very great concern over the situation in Belarus and the violence against citizens during the election period,” the communique says.
Macron noted the importance of dialogue in the current situation.
Earlier, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland announced the preparation of a plan to de-escalate the situation in Belarus.
German government spokesman Steffen Seibert called what is happening in Belarus "a wave of repression" against peaceful demonstrators.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry, in turn, declared the inadmissibility of the political statements of a number of European officials about the elections in the country.