MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned the necessity to step up the seek for diplomatic options to the escalating disaster in japanese Ukraine in a telephone name on Sunday, the Kremlin mentioned in an announcement.
“In view of the urgency of the scenario, the Presidents acknowledged the necessity to intensify the seek for options by way of diplomatic means through the overseas ministries and political advisers to the leaders of the Normandy format,” the Kremlin mentioned in an announcement.
“These contacts ought to facilitate the restoration of the ceasefire regime and guarantee progress within the settlement of the battle in Donbass,” the Kremlin added.
In a separate name earlier on Sunday, Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned doable methods to safe quick de-escalation.
(Reporting by Darya KorsunskayaWriting by Polina DevittEditing by David Goodman and Toby Chopra)
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