French President Emmanuel Macron has held a series of phone calls with US President Biden and Russia’s Putin on Sunday
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden have both agreed in “principle” to hold a meeting to halt escalation of conflict in Ukraine, the Elysee Palace said in a statement on Sunday night.
Emmanuel Macron “proposed a summit to be held between President Biden and President Putin and then with relevant stakeholders to discuss security and strategic stability in Europe,” according to the statement.
Presidents Biden and Putin have both accepted the principle of such a summit.
Such a meeting “can only be held at the condition that Russia does not invade Ukraine,” the Elysee palace added.
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to hold a summit on the Ukraine crisis, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
“The substance will have to be prepared by (U.S.) Secretary Blinken and (Russian Foreign) Minister Lavrov during their meeting on Thursday 24 February,” the Elysee palace aanounced on its website.
Macron will help prepare the contents of the discussions, the statement added.