French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that after talks with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders he saw paths forward on easing tensions.
“We now have the possibility to make these negotiations move forward” between Russia and Ukraine, he said after talks in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, adding that he also saw “concrete, practical solutions” for reducing tensions between Moscow and the West.
Zelensky for his part said he expected to hold a summit soon with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany.
“We expect that in the near future… we will be able to hold the next talks between the leaders of the Normandy quartet,” Zelensky told a press conference, referring to negotiations aimed at ending the festering conflict in eastern Ukraine.