Presidents of Russia and France Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron. File photoPARIS, Feb 7French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, and will arrive in Kiev on Tuesday. According to the French leader, the purpose of his visit to Russia is to prevent the escalation and deterioration of the situation around Ukraine. The Kremlin notes that the presidents of the Russian Federation and France at the talks will primarily discuss security guarantees. Over the past weeks, during telephone conversations, Macron has repeatedly exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine with Russian President and Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky. At the end of last week, an agreement was reached to hold a personal meeting.The Rada spoke about the «flight» of the population from Kiev due to the «invasion» of RussiaAfter the meeting between Putin and Macron, a joint press conference is scheduled, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. Negotiations in Moscow are scheduled for the afternoon and evening of Monday, but no time limits have been set, the Journal du dimanche notes. According to the newspaper, the leaders of the two countries will meet tête-à-tête, only interpreters and those who keep the minutes of the meeting will be present at the talks.Polyansky responded to a fake about Russia's 70 percent readiness for an «invasion» On the eve of the visit, the head of the French Republic noted that the primary goal of his trip is to achieve de-escalation. The intensity of our dialogue with Russia and this visit to Moscow are designed to prevent this. Then we will discuss the terms of de-escalation. We need to be realistic. We will not achieve unilateral action, but it is essential to avoid worsening the situation before building mechanisms and gestures of mutual trust.» , Macron told the Journal du dimanche two days before his visit to Moscow. Throughout his presidential term, Macron has advocated an «even and demanding dialogue» with Moscow. countries last year, when (ex-)Chancellor (Germany) Angela Merkel and I proposed an EU-Russia summit, it no conflict can be resolved. Because then we allow others to speak on our behalf, and we also cannot contribute to our collective security,» the French president said in an interview with the publication. />Lukashenka threatened to respond if Ukraine starts a war against Donbass. He also noted that he has always had a deep dialogue with the President of the Russian Federation. «And our responsibility is to work out historic solutions. And I think that President Putin is ready for this. With such a mood, I I’m going to Moscow: to try to respond to the emergency and move towards a new order, which our Europe really needs and which is based on the cardinal principle of the sovereign equality of states,” he said. turn to discuss security guarantees. «There are many topics on the agenda, first of all, of course, this is a discussion of the situation with security guarantees,» he said. The Russian president intends to state his concerns and vision of the US and NATO response on security guarantees to his French counterpart, he noted. The talks will be a good opportunity «to say at least a few words on bilateral relations, which are very important for us,» Peskov also pointed out.American intelligence officer described the scenario of the war between Russia and the United States At the end of 2021, Russia published draft agreements with the United States and agreements with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukrainian bloc and from establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also contain a clause on the non-deployment of NATO strike weapons near the borders of Russia and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. Last Wednesday, the United States and NATO sent to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals on security guarantees. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will accompany Macron during his visit to both Moscow and Kiev. Prior to the visit to Moscow and Kiev, Macron held telephone conversations on Saturday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French media reported, citing the Elysee Palace.The United States announced the loss in the third world warThe meeting between Macron and Putin will take place less than two weeks after the talks between the political advisers of the Normandy Format leaders (France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine) in Paris, which took place on January 26. As a result of this meeting, a joint communiqué was adopted on the need to observe the ceasefire in Donbass and to hold the next meeting in Berlin in two weeks. In Paris, they pointed to progress in the negotiations in the Normandy format. At the same time, Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, who represented the Russian Federation at the talks, said that “so far, progress has been practically zero.” the statements are being used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. According to Moscow, the Russian Federation is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. The Russian Federation stated that the United States and the West are hysterically developing the topic of threat and escalation in Ukraine.
