French President Emmanuel Macron told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, that it was not possible for Western gas clients to pay their bills in rubles, a French presidential official told journalists on Tuesday.
"France is against paying in rubles," the official said.
In his phone call with Putin, Macron also reiterated his preparedness to carry out a humanitarian rescue mission in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the official said, but added that the conditions for such a step were not yet in place.
The French leader visited Moscow on February 7, and travelled to Kiev the next day. Putin and Macron have been having regular phone since their dialogue in Moscow.
