PARIS: French foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Inter radio on Thursday that a positive signal regarding four-way talks over the crisis in eastern Ukraine would be to agree to continue discussions on the matter.
Earlier this week French President Emmanuel Macron, the first leader of a major Western power to meet Vladimir Putin since Russia massed troops near Ukraine, said he believed steps can be taken to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis and called on all sides to stay calm.