“Discussions about Ukraine are expected to be at the center of their talks… There will also be discussions about challenges from China as well as from Iran,” she was quoted as saying.

She also said that the presidents will discuss economic and energy cooperation.

On November 15, it became known that French President Emmanuel Macron, during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit, asked him to call on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to negotiate with Ukraine.

On November 25, the AFP agency, citing the Elysee Palace, reported that French President Emmanuel Macron, at a meeting with his American counterpart Joe Biden in Washington, intends to convince him to avoid unequal competition between EU and US companies against the backdrop of a new US inflation law.