French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants to include European partners in a resumption of dialogue with Russian leader Vladimir Putin nearly four years after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “My wish is to share this with my European partners and to have a well-organised European approach,” he added. Dialogue with Mr. Putin should take place without “too many interlocutors, with a given mandate”, he said. Mr. Macron said last year he believed Europe should reach back out to Mr. Putin, rather than leaving the United States alone to take the lead in negotiations to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. He kept up phone contact with Mr. Putin after the invasion but talks had ceased after a September 2022 phone call.

Source: The Hindu February 10, 2026 18:48 UTC