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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