World Powers Must "Keep Talking" With Putin To End War In Ukraine: France
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France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told a conference in Doha that Putin had not achieved any of his aims, but that there had to be a ceasefire around the bombarded Ukrainian city of Mariupol before there could be negotiations.
International powers must keep talking with Russia's President Vladimir Putin until he is ready to end his invasion of Ukraine, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday.
Le Drian told a conference in Doha that Putin had not achieved any of his aims, but that there had to be a ceasefire around the bombarded Ukrainian city of Mariupol before there could be negotiations.
Asked about French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to speak with Putin this week about a ceasefire, Le Drian told the Doha Forum: "We must keep talking with the Russians, we must continue to speak with President Putin precisely because he has not had the results he thought he would."
Le Drian said the Russian invasion had united Ukraine and given a new impetus to the European Union and NATO, while Russia was losing major markets for its energy exports.
