“I am very concerned about the situation on the ground,” the French president said in Tourcoing, northern France, on the sidelines of a meeting of EU interior ministers.
“The priority for me on the Ukrainian question and dialogue with Russia is de-escalation and finding the political terms for a way out of the crisis, which requires the ability to move forward on the basis of the Minsk agreements,” he said. he added in front of the press. He specified that a possible trip to Moscow, and perhaps to Kiev, would depend “on the progress of his discussions in the coming hours”.