Emmanuel Bonne, the chief diplomatic adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron, visited Moscow earlier this week for confidential meetings with the Russian leadership. The purpose of the visit by Macron's close associate was Paris's attempt to secure Europe a place at the negotiating table regarding the future security architecture and the end of the war in Ukraine. This is reported by Bloomberg, writes UNN.
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Emmanuel Bonne met with Putin's chief foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov. The visit, first reported by l'Express, took place against the backdrop of ongoing peace consultations in Abu Dhabi between representatives of the US, Russia, and Ukraine, where EU countries are not currently officially represented.
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The French side seeks to convey to the Kremlin that any ceasefire agreement cannot be adopted without the direct participation and approval of European states.
It's being prepared. Discussions are taking place at a technical level
Paris insists that European security cannot be resolved exclusively in the Washington-Moscow format.
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