Paris stands for maintaining contacts with Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.
"Regarding Ukraine and Russia, we stand for a European approach that includes firmness about any threat of aggression and maintaining channels for dialogue so that to find ways to defuse tensions," Macron said at a news conference. "Our goal is to find common security architecture for us and our neighbors."
"This is our responsibility along with the work on the Strategic Compass that we will do in the next few weeks and months," Macron went on to say. The Normandy Format talks are the backbone of the Ukraine settlement, he said.
