PARIS — You have to wonder what sort of handshake French President Emmanuel Macron has in store for Vladimir Putin.
Macron is welcoming the Russian president at the palace of Versailles Monday on Putin’s first visit to France since November 2015, the last one having been abruptly called off amid tension over indiscriminate bombing in Aleppo.
This time, Putin is getting the royal treatment (even if France has called the encounter a lowly “working visit”): Welcomed before any other leader of comparable stature, he gets to meet the new president amid the unrestrained opulence of Versailles as the city of kings celebrates …read more
Source: European Voice
