French Foreign Minister held talks with the United States before a visit to Moscow

Meeting of Russian and French Foreign Ministers S. Lavrov and J.-I. Le DrianPARIS, Feb. 6 French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who will visit Moscow and Kiev with President Emmanuel Macron, said he had held «coordinating» talks with the United States, Finland and Sweden. «Before the trip, together with President Emmanuel Macron, to Moscow and Kiev, a coordinating exchange of views took place with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and my colleagues from Sweden Ann Linde and Finland Pekke Haavisto. Unity, firmness, de-escalation,» Le Drian wrote on Twitter. Earlier, the press Secretary of the Head of State Dmitry Peskov reported that on February 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Moscow with French President Emmanuel Macron, and a press conference is scheduled following the talks. France called the purpose of Macron's visit to Russia