State Secretary of the French Foreign Ministry Clement Bon said that the country gives Russia another chance to follow the path of diplomacy towards Ukraine. He made the announcement on Radio J.

“Vladimir Putin needs to decide if he wants a real conversation or if he wants to commit a new aggression. In any case, with the help of negotiations with Vladimir Putin, we are giving another chance to take a diplomatic path,” Bon said.

He added that France has no plans to send its military to Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported that French President Emmanuel Macron is holding a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is reported by BFMTV with reference to the Elysee Palace. Negotiations began at 11.00 Paris time (13.00 Moscow time).

As French media reported earlier, the French leader intends to discuss the situation around Ukraine with the Russian president.

Putin and Macron last spoke by phone on February 12. On February 7, the leaders of France and Russia met face-to-face in the Kremlin, their negotiations lasted more than six hours.

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