JAKARTA - French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe must get back involved directly with Russia. Tensions between Russia and the European Union continue amid attempts by a number of countries allied to Ukraine to use frozen Russian assets.
"I think it would be useful again to speak with Vladimir Putin," Macron said, quoted by Le Figaro.
"I think that we, Europeans and Ukrainians, must find the right framework to return to this discussion in the right way. Otherwise, we will discuss (settlement) among ourselves with the negotiators who will then go and discuss with the Russian side themselves, which is not ideal," Macron said. reported TASS, Friday, December 19.
Previously, EU leaders failed to coordinate the use of frozen Russian assets for rehabilitation loans for Kyiv.
In contrast, Europe agreed to lend Ukraine 90 billion euros for the next two years, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a closing news conference at the EU summit in Brussels.
Putin earlier expressed hope that Europe would continue dialogue with Moscow - if not with the current European political elite, then with their successors, the Russian head of state said, as Russia continues to grow stronger.
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