MOSCOW, 7 Feb. French President Emmanuel Macron, through negotiations with Vladimir Putin, is counting on a «peace agreement» on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis in order to obtain the status of a European leader comparable to that of the superpowers. The Politico newspaper writes about this. The authors of the article are sure that the official visit of the leader of the Fifth Republic to the Russian capital will be aimed at achieving «strategic autonomy» for Europe, which can defend its security interests and not sit on the sidelines while Washington and Moscow are negotiating.
Macron spoke to Biden ahead of his meeting with Putin»The French leader is a notable international exception as he sees Moscow's protests over NATO threat and Russian concerns its own security is a legitimate topic for discussion. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, on the contrary, categorically rejects the possibility of calling Russia anything other than an aggressor,» the journalists noted. The media also quoted Macron from an interview with the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche that for Moscow legitimately raise issues of their security and recalibration of relations with NATO and the EU, while Western countries should to better understand the «modern traumas of this great people and great nation.» Macron's meeting with Putin will take place in Moscow today, and on Tuesday the French president will arrive in Kiev. According to the President of France, the purpose of the visit to Russia is to prevent the situation around Ukraine from worsening. The Kremlin said that the main topic of negotiations will be security guarantees.
