PARIS, Feb 10, 2022 (BSS/TASS) - French President Emmanuel Macron called
his dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this
week "substantive and rich."

   "It is necessary to work together in order to maintain stability, peace
and reset confidence-building mechanisms. We are certain of it," Macron wrote
on his Instagram.

   He added that "the exchange of views in Moscow with the Russian leader was
rich and substantive."

   "I believe in the unity of Europe to which we should go together," the
French leader noted. Focusing on the situation in Ukraine, he pointed out
that it is necessary to advance in the implementation of the Minsk Agreements
and nurture a broad, demanding, innovative dialogue, which will allow to
build common guarantees." "Our objective: security for everyone," Macron
added.

   On February 7, Macron arrived in Moscow for a meeting with Putin. The
talks between the two leaders lasted for more than five hours. The next day,
the French president visited Kiev to meet Ukrainian President Vladimir
Zelensky. The issues of European security in the context of relevant
guarantees from the US and NATO for Russia and the Ukrainian crisis were
discussed.