US President Joe Biden requested President Emmanuel Makron to organize a meeting of the American leader and Russian president Vladimir Putin, reports Reuters with reference to the source in the Champs Elysées.
“We slowly change the state of things. We create the diplomatic opportunities that the Kremlin accepts,” the interlocutor said. He noted that the French president will be an intermediary in the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine.
Earlier, the Elysée Palace said that Putin and Biden accepted the proposal of French President Emmanuel Macgron about holding a security summit and strategic stability in Europe.