The French Foreign Ministry explained why Macron wants to resume contacts with Putin

Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin, photo: Kremlin press service

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barro, responding to a question about President Emmanuel Macron’s statements regarding the possible resumption of dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that Europe does not abandon direct contacts with Russia due to the need to defend its interests in negotiations.

Source: Barro in an interview with Libération, reports “European Truth”

Barro’s direct speech: “France has never ruled out the principled possibility of dialogue with Russia, provided full transparency with Ukraine and its European partners and, of course, provided it is useful.”

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Details: At the same time, according to the minister, the Europeans should have a dialogue with the Russian Federation so that issues affecting Europe are not resolved without its participation.

“The Europeans, who are currently Ukraine’s main financial and military allies, should have a channel to defend their interests without delegating responsibility to anyone else,” Barro added.

We will remind:

• In December, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Europe must find a way to engage directly with the Russian leader.
• Italian Prime Minister George Meloni agreed with Macron.
• On January 12, the chief spokeswoman of the European Commission, Paula Pinho, said that at a certain stage of the process of establishing peace in Ukraine, negotiations with the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, will take place, in which the EU will also take part.
• In turn, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he does not object to direct negotiations between European states and Russia.

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