Putin Ready to Talk to Macron on Ukraine

Vladimir Putin is ready to talk with France’s Emmanuel Macron over the war in Ukraine, the Russian president’s spokesman said in an interview published Sunday.

Putin has “expressed readiness to engage in dialogue with Macron”, Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti.

“Therefore, if there is mutual political will, then this can only be assessed positively.”

Macron said this week he believed Europe should reach back out to Putin over ending the war.

“I believe that it’s in our interest as Europeans and Ukrainians to find the right framework to re-engage this discussion” in the coming weeks, the French president said.

The French presidency welcomed that Putin was ready to speak with President Macron, adding the terms under which such a conversation could take place would be determined in coming days.

“It is welcome that the Kremlin has publicly agreed to this approach. We will decide in the coming days on the best way to proceed,” the Elysee said, after the Kremlin spokesman said Putin “expressed readiness to engage in dialogue” with his French counterpart. (AFP)