Europe 1 with AFP 7:10 p.m., March 29, 2022

The conditions for launching in the coming days a humanitarian operation to help the inhabitants of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, besieged by the Russian army, "are not met at this stage", announced the Elysée after a meeting between the presidents Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin.

The conditions for launching in the coming days a humanitarian operation to help the inhabitants of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, besieged by the Russian army, "are not met at this stage", announced the Elysée after a meeting between the presidents Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin.

The French head of state presented this evacuation operation - proposed by France, Turkey and Greece - to his Russian counterpart who said "he was going to think about it" before giving an answer, added the presidency.

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