French President Emmanuel Macron has been engaged in mediation diplomacy, including telephone talks with the leaders of each country over the situation in Ukraine, but announced that he will visit Russia and Ukraine one after another next week.
The French Presidential Office announced on the 4th that President Macron will visit Russia on the 7th next week to meet with Putin and the next day on the 8th with President Zelensky in Ukraine.
President Macron has been in talks with leaders of countries such as Russia and the United States over the situation in Ukraine, where military tensions continue, and in particular, with President Putin, he has held three telephone talks in the past week.
Regarding the telephone talks held on the 3rd, the French presidential office will comply with the ceasefire agreement between government forces and pro-Russian armed groups in eastern Ukraine and reduce military risks in Europe. Suppose we talked about.
Next week's visit to President Emmanuel Macron will also focus on the debate over the relaxation of tensions around the Ukrainian border and the non-expansion of the NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization that Russia seeks.
France has been the presidency of the EU-European Union since last month, and President Macron seems to have the aim of promoting the leadership of Europe's security efforts ahead of the presidential elections to be held in April. increase.