Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin accept the summit proposed by Emmanuel Macron

MEDIATION – The French president discussed Ukraine with his Russian counterpart on Sunday evening, for the second time that day

Emmanuel Macron continues to play the diplomatic card by telephone. The French President spoke again with Vladimir Poutine for an hour on Sunday evening, for the second time that day. He had previously spoken to US President Joe Biden, the Elysée announced.

The head of state had already discussed in the afternoon for nearly two hours with his Russian counterpart, as part of a series of discussions between heads of state to try to avoid an armed conflict in the is fromUkraine.

All these discussions led to a surprise announcement on Sunday evening: Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden agreed to meet at a summit, proposed by Emmanuel Macron. The White House has, however, set a condition: “an invasion” of Ukraine must not take place until then. The Elysée Palace also specified that the talks will subsequently be extended to “all stakeholders” in the crisis.

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The United States is “committed to continued diplomacy,” but “we are also prepared to inflict swift and severe consequences if Russia chooses war instead,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki. Nothing is therefore in(…) Read more at 20 minutes

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