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EU leaders vow unity as Macron sees path on easing Russia tensions
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BRUSSELS, 10 February 2022, (TON): European leaders pledged unity in their goal of averting war on the continent, as France’s President Emmanuel Macron said he saw a path forward on easing tensions with Russia over Ukraine after an urgent round of shuttle diplomacy.
Arriving in Berlin after two days of talks in Kyiv and Moscow, Macron urged continued “firm dialogue” with Russia as the only way to defuse fears Russia could invade its ex-Soviet neighbour.
The French leader, who on Monday had a five-hour meeting with Vladimir Putin, said the Russian president had told him that Russia “would not be the source of an escalation”, despite amassing more than 100,000 troops and military hardware on Ukraine’s border.
Macron said “he now saw the possibility for talks involving Moscow and Kyiv over the festering conflict in eastern Ukraine to move forward, and concrete, practical solutions to lower tensions between Russia and the West.”
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