PARIS — French President
Emmanuel Macron spoke
with British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson and NATO head Jens Stoltenberg about
the Ukraine crisis on Saturday ahead of traveling to Moscow and Kyiv, his
office said.
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The separate telephone conversations took
place "in the context of constant consultation between allies on the
subject of the tensions between Ukraine and Russia," the Elysee Palace
said.
With Stoltenberg, Macron insisted on
"the need to continue working to find through dialogue a path to
de-escalation, in unity, the full respect of fundamental principles of
European security, the sovereignty of states," the Elysee added.
The French leader will attempt to make
progress on the issue during meetings with his Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin in Moscow on Monday and with Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky in
Kyiv on Tuesday.
The Elysee said Stoltenberg "saluted
this approach" and "thanked the president for the close coordination
between the allies ahead of his trip."
Johnson meanwhile filled Macron in on his
visit to Kyiv this week, where the British premier described Russian forces
massed on the Ukrainian border as a "clear and present danger" to
Ukraine.
Western capitals have accused Russia of
amassing some 100,000 troops on the borders of pro-Western Ukraine in
preparation for an invasion and have vowed to impose devastating sanctions on
Moscow if it attacks.
Macron, Stoltenberg and Johnson pledged to
stay in close contact over the coming days as Macron steps up his diplomatic
push.
The
Elysee said Macron also took the chance
to discuss with Johnson the thorny issue of cross-Channel migration after a
record of more than 51,000 people tried to cross to the UK from France last
year, with more than 28,000 succeeding, according to British data.
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