Europe 1 with AFP 3:54 p.m., February 20, 2022

French Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Sunday to do everything to quickly reach a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, during their telephone conversation. 

French Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Sunday to do everything to quickly reach a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the Elysee Palace announced.

The two leaders also agreed, during their telephone conversation, on "the need to favor a diplomatic solution to the current crisis and to do everything to achieve it", added the French presidency, specifying that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian “will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov” in the coming days.

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