
French President Emmanuel Macron. File photoPARIS, June 15Negotiations between the Ukrainian authorities and Russia are inevitable, French President Emmanuel Macron said at a press conference with his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis. «The day will come when we will help Ukraine survive <… >, when a ceasefire is established, we will have to start negotiations. The President of Ukraine and members of the government will have to negotiate with Russia,» the French leader said. Macron stressed that representatives of European countries will also be present at the table that day talks to act as guarantors of security. The head of state arrived in Romania on a visit to meet with the French military personnel stationed in the country as part of the NATO mission. As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported last week, the Ukrainian side withdrew from negotiations to resolve the situation. Moscow, on the other hand, proceeds from the fact that any summit meeting should be well prepared, that is, it should be the result of such negotiations. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin outlined its goal in «protecting people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» condition for Ukraine's accession to the European Union

