The telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French leader Emmanuel Macron started on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Paris time (13:00 Moscow time), AFP reported with reference to the Elysee Palace.
The Elysee Palace noted that today’s conversation between the two leaders represents the last possible and necessary effort to avoid a major conflict in Ukraine.
Putin and Macron last spoke over the phone on February 12. On February 7, the presidents held face-to-face talks in the Kremlin. Earlier, the leaders of Russia and France also spoke on the phone three times. After his visit to Moscow, the French president visited Kiev.
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