“The recent period has confirmed that if we refuse dialogue, and this was the choice of the Europeans when, together with Chancellor Merkel, we proposed to hold an EU-Russia summit, then it is impossible to resolve any conflict,” Macron said in an interview with Le Journal de Dimanche. .

According to him, in this case, the parties allow others to speak on their behalf and cannot contribute to collective security.

Earlier it became known that Macron intends to visit Russia on February 7, February 8 - Ukraine.