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| France recognizes Russia's new role in international relations, including in the Middle East, said President Emmanuel Macron at a joint media conference with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. | France recognizes Russia's new role in international relations, including in the Middle East, said President Emmanuel Macron at a joint media conference with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. |
| While delivering his lyrical speech that lasted nearly 30 minutes, in which he dwelled upon first the long history of Russia-France ties, Macron underlined that France is an independent country and that dialogue with Russia is a “manifestation of this independent position.” | |
| “I am perfectly aware of Russia's irreplaceable role in solving international problems," he continued after several hours of talks with Putin, where the two discussed Syria and the Iran nuclear deal among other international issues in which both countries are taking an active part. | |
| Macron’s tone was very different from Putin’s when he visited France last year. This time, Macron spoke of a “robust” partnership and defining a clear approach to multilateral relations together with Moscow. | |
| Macron also touched upon the issue of cybersecurity, saying that they’ve agreed with Putin to create a new mechanism to help the two countries tackle issues in this sphere. | |
| Macron’s visit coincides with Russia’s largest business forum, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which is held annually in the northern city that used to be the country’s capital. | Macron’s visit coincides with Russia’s largest business forum, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which is held annually in the northern city that used to be the country’s capital. |
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| France and Russia currently find themselves on the same side over US withdrawal from a multilateral agreement with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPOA), which both Moscow and Paris want to preserve. But there are also many points of conflict between the two and Macron didn’t pull punches in the public during Putin’s visit to France. | France and Russia currently find themselves on the same side over US withdrawal from a multilateral agreement with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPOA), which both Moscow and Paris want to preserve. But there are also many points of conflict between the two and Macron didn’t pull punches in the public during Putin’s visit to France. |
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