France's Emmanuel Macron Says He May Visit Russia Over Ukraine Crisis
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France's Emmanuel Macron said he would also keep up contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
France's President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he could visit Russia to discuss the crisis over Ukraine, adding his plans would depend on progress made in upcoming telephone talks with world leaders.
Macron said he would speak "in the coming hours" to his US counterpart Joe Biden about the crisis over Russia's deployment of some 100,000 troops close to the border with Ukraine.
He said he would also keep up contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
"I do not exclude anything," the president told reporters on a visit to Tourcoing in northern France, referring to the possibility of a trip to Russia to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis.