French President Emmanuel Macron gives a statement on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination, during a European Union – African Union summit, in Brussels, Belgium February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool
February 21, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden had asked French President Emmanuel Macron to make the offer of a summit between Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin to Putin, said an official from the French Presidency.
“We’re slowly changing the course of things. We’re creating a diplomatic perspective the Kremlin accepts,” said the French presidential adviser.
“He is a facilitator,” added the French presidential adviser, commenting on Macron’s role.
Earlier, Macron’s office said Biden and Putin had agreed in principle to a summit over Ukraine, offering a possible path out of one of the most dangerous European crises in decades.
The Kremlin said Putin and Biden could set up a call or meeting any time but there were no concrete plans yet for a summit.
(Reporting by Michel Rose; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
Source: One America News Network
