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French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday requested Russian President Vladimir Putin to raise the siege of Mariupol, enable humanitarian entry and order a direct cease-fire, Macron’s workplace stated. Macron spoke with the Russian chief on the telephone for 70 minutes. Earlier within the day, Putin had a dialog with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who additionally pressed for a direct cease-fire.
Macron, who has spoken quite a few instances with Putin, revisited complaints over repeated assaults on civilians and Russia‘s failure to respect human rights in Ukraine, the presidential Elysee Palace stated.
It stated that Putin, in flip, laid the blame for the struggle on Ukraine.
Macron, who’s campaigning to resume his mandate in April elections, stated throughout a city hall-style assembly shortly earlier than the decision that he talks to Putin as a result of he believes there’s a manner towards peace, between the Ukrainian resistance, robust Western sanctions and diplomatic stress. “We should do every part to search out it,” he stated.
