International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensify, with France’s Macron holding talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Scholz in Washington to coordinate policies amid Russian invasion fears
In his meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Macron called for"an answer that is useful for both Russia and for all the rest of Europe".
"This discussion can make a start in the direction in which we need to go, which is towards a de-escalation ," Macron said, calling for "an answer that is useful for both Russia and for all the rest of Europe". “The security and sovereignty of Ukraine or any other European state cannot be a subject for compromise,” Macron had said in an interview with French newspaper Journal du Dimanche before his meeting with Putin.
He noted that “the atmosphere has remained tense,” adding that the US and its allies have continued to ignore Moscow's security demands.Germany in talks with the US
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