Putin and Macron agreed to renegotiate before the end of the year

"They (the presidents. -

) agreed to hold negotiations again before the end of the year to summarize all these issues," RIA Novosti reported.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, said about the importance of discussing problems on the Belarusian border through direct contacts between the European Union and Minsk.

In addition, the Russian president told Macron that the Ukrainian authorities are deliberately exacerbating the situation on the contact line in Donbass.