French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Russian ... hands and sat with a four-metre-long table between them, with observers wondering whether Mr Putin was using it to send a diplomatic message.

French President Emmanuel Macron skipped a COVID-19 test when he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this ... meant no handshake and that long table," a source told Reuters.

President Emmanuel Macron of France held confidential ... he was regularly on the phone to Putin trying to coax him to the negotiating table. Macron allowed a film crew to document several of ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is considering stripping Vladimir Putin of France's top honour. The Russian leader was presented with the Legion d'Honneur in 2006 by former French ...

French President Emmanuel ... the negotiating table. At the same time, Europeans will need to 'build security guarantees' for Ukraine, 'which will be their primary duty'," Macron said.

Emmanuel Macron is the ... 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Macron sought to de-escalate the situation through discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin. At one point, Macron claimed ...

PARIS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron ... responsibility," Macron said. The United States' role should be to convince Russia to come to the negotiation table, he said, while ...