FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron, attend a joint press conference, in Moscow, Russia, February 7, 2022. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS
February 20, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia’s Vladimir Putin disagreed in their phone call on Sunday over who was responsible for tensions in eastern Ukraine, a French presidential adviser said.
Macron put blame on the Russian separatists and Putin on Ukraine, the French official said.
He added the two agreed that a three-way meeting of OSCE, Ukraine, Russia representatives be held on Monday.
(Reporting by Michel Rose and Juliette Jabkhiro; Editing by Toby Chopra)
