PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin raised the possibility of new negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine, but clashed on Syria and domestic protests, when they met in France on Monday.
The meeting, the seventh bilateral since Macron took office in 2017, was part of a larger effort by the two leaders to try to thaw relations between their countries. And coming just days before Macron hosts the G7 summit in Biarritz, southwest France, it also offered the French president a chance to try to position himself as Europe’s strongest leader, with the U.K. …read more
Source: European Voice
