Kremlin says France was the one who asked for Macron call with Putin after almost three-year pause

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam in Moscow
FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam in Moscow, Russia May 10, 2025. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/Pool/File Photo
Source: REUTERS

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it was France that asked for French President Emmanuel Macron to speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin after a pause of nearly three years and that the two leaders had a "very substantive" discussion.

The two leaders spoke on Tuesday and discussed the Iran-Israel conflict and Ukraine, the first such exchange between the two men since September 2022.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the call had lasted for more than two hours.

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