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Macron, Putin speak by phone about Ukraine crisis
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after their talks, Feb. 7, 2022 in Moscow. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
A telephone conversation between French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin about the situation in Ukraine is underway, Macron’s office says.
The call, described by the French side as part of a last-ditch effort to avert a Russian invasion of Ukraine, began at 11 a.m., the presidency said.
It comes two weeks after Macron went to Moscow to persuade Putin to hold back from an invasion.
The talks are seen as “the final possible and necessary efforts to avoid a major conflict in Ukraine,” the Elysee says.
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