Macron, Scholz urge Putin to end siege of Mariupol: France

PARIS, 13 March 2022, (TON): The French presidency said after three-way talks “France and Germany urged Russia’s Vladimir Putin to end the deadly days-long siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.”

The situation is very difficult and humanly intolerable” in Mariupol, a source in the Elysee presidential palace said, after what it termed a very frank and difficult discussion with the Russian leader.

“The only decision President Putin must take is to lift the siege.”

French President Emmanuel Macron’s office also accused Putin of lies for alleging that Ukrainian forces had committed human rights abuses by using civilians as human shields.

Sources in the French and German leaders’ offices said “the 75-minute three-way phone call with Macron, the Russian leader and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz focused on France and Germany’s call for an immediate cease-fire and steps toward a diplomatic solution.”

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