He stated this at a press conference following talks with US President Joe Biden.
The broadcast was hosted by C-SPAN.
“The development of the situation in the coming weeks and months, as well as the choice of the Ukrainians, will allow us to say what moment will be appropriate for this,” he said.
Macron also said that Paris and Washington would not put pressure on Kyiv so that the Ukrainian authorities would make a compromise that would be unacceptable to them.
In addition, he announced the intention of France and the United States to continue to provide military assistance to Kyiv.
In turn, Biden announced his readiness to negotiate with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the completion of the special operation in Ukraine, if Putin makes such a decision.