French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kiev on Tuesday, February 8, where he will meet with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. This was announced by the French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Ponsin.
“I have the honor to welcome President Emmanuel Macron to Kiev, who has arrived for a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky A very busy day lies ahead. Welcome to Ukraine,” the diplomat wrote in Twitter.
He added that together with Macron, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Kiev, who will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba.
Earlier that day, Macron left Moscow, where he had held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before. The conversation between the heads of state lasted more than five hours.
During the meeting, Macron said that Zelensky was nervous about Russian troops on the border.
The Financial Times, citing French sources, reported that Putin and Macron allegedly agreed that the Russian Federation would withdraw its military from Belarus after the end of joint exercises. According to journalists, this may contribute to the de-escalation of the situation around Ukraine.
The United States and a number of European countries have recently expressed concern over the alleged increase in Russia’s “aggressive actions” against Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone, and such statements are used as an excuse to place as much NATO military equipment as possible near the borders of the Russian Federation.
On January 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia was not going to start a war with Ukraine, and Western countries and the United States were “hysterically” developing the topic of a threat to Ukraine from the Russian Federation instead of forcing Ukraine to comply with the Minsk agreements.
Source: IZ
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