US EditionMacron Calls for Coordinated European Dialogue with Putin After Adviser Visit
Macron urges Europe to lead direct talks with Putin with clear mandates to secure post-war guarantees and avoid reliance on the United States, following resumed technical dialogue.
- On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe to restart talks with Putin, saying `my wish is to share this with my European partners and to have a well-organised European approach`.
- Macron has long argued Europe should lead re-engagement and kept phone contact with Putin after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but talks ceased after a September 2022 phone call.
- Macron stressed conditions for talks, saying any resumption must be structured `without naivety` and warning `Whether we like Russia or not, Russia will still be there tomorrow`.
- Following an adviser visit to Moscow, Russia signalled readiness to take Macron's call as Sergei Lavrov told state-run RT `If you want to call and discuss something seriously, then call,` noting the two last spoke in July.
- Macron proposed limited, mandated talks with Russia, citing his 2022 phone warnings and Moscow visit as precedents for structured outreach.
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ANALYSIS - Emmanuel Macron wants to reimpose Europe at the negotiating table by renewing the dialogue with Moscow. But the format of such an initiative has not yet been chosen.
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Kremlin Confirms France Has Restored ‘Technical-Level’ Contact With Russia
The Kremlin confirmed Tuesday that France and Russia have resumed “technical-level” dialogue as French President Emmanuel Macron continued to call on European leaders not to allow themselves be sidelined by the United States in Ukraine peace talks. “Yes, there have indeed been contacts, and we can confirm that,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “If there is the desire and the necessity, they could help fairly quickly reestablish di
French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to involve European partners in resuming dialogue with Russian regime leader Vladimir Putin, nearly four years after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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