Paris, Europe Brief News – French President Emanuel Macron has been in constant touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin even before the launch of an invasion of Ukraine.
Almost the whole world and Top political personalities have avoided Putin since he invaded Ukraine but the French President is still making efforts to stop the ongoing crisis.
Diplomatic efforts of Emanuel Macron to stop the war failed but he has not given up. Both men reportedly have spoken at least four times since Russian forces attacked Ukraine on Feb 24.
Since the French leader is the only one who has been in contact with Putin, he may have better insights into what Putin is planning to accomplish next.
Naftali Bennet, Prime Minister of Israel is also trying to play a role as mediator as he met Putin on his surprise visit to Moscow on Saturday. He even called him the very next day after meeting him in Moscow to discuss the ongoing crisis.
Benjamin Haddad, A senior Director for Europe at the Atlantic Council in Paris said “ Macron is keeping a diplomatic channel open for the West in case Putin might want to de-escalate and look for a way out of this crisis”.
He further added that French President Macron has even spoken to Putin on behalf of Volodymyr Zelensky to extract some mercy from Putin to enable local cease-fires, safe passage for trapped civilians and more importantly to provide humanitarian Aid.
Safety of Nuclear power plant
During their latest call on Sunday, both the leaders spent nearly 2 hours on the call discussing the safety of Ukraine’s Nuclear power plant.
Putin said that he did not purposely attack the Nuclear power plant and he agreed on the principle of dialogue with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Biden Administration believes that the line of communication between the French President and Putin is useful only in getting to know what the Russian president is up to next.
The Biden Administration will send Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Paris to hear from Macron directly about his latest conversation with Putin.
Even though the line of communication remained in place for the last one month, US officials still believe that Macron’s efforts are not sufficient enough to stop Putin from intensifying this war.
Putin said that Ukraine has committed war crimes in Sepatrist regions in eastern Ukraine and called Ukraine government a people Nazis and he does not want to negotiate with them.
