French Foreign Minister Le Drian spoke about the need to maintain channels of communication with Putin

“In the current situation, you need to talk, and in order to talk, you need to maintain a channel for discussions ... with (Russian President. -

) Vladimir Putin,” he said.

🇺🇦/🇬🇧 Guerre en #Ukraine - "Il faut absolument garder un canal de communication avec Vladimir #Poutine"@JY_LeDrian, ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

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Earlier, Putin, in a conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, announced Moscow's readiness for dialogue with Kiev in fulfilling Russian demands.

The telephone conversation between the leaders of Russia and France lasted almost two hours.