{"id":1382862,"date":"2026-06-05T14:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1382862"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:57:08","slug":"macron-calls-zelenskyy-s-letter-to-putin-a-good-initiative-and-backs-direct-talks-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/macron-calls-zelenskyy-s-letter-to-putin-a-good-initiative-and-backs-direct-talks-with-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron Calls Zelenskyy&#8217;s Letter to Putin a &#8220;Good Initiative&#8221; and Backs Direct Talks With Russia"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy&#8217;s decision to send a letter to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and reiterated his support for direct negotiations between Ukraine and the Kremlin, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n   <p>Speaking on the sidelines of the EU\u2013Western Balkans summit in Montenegro on June 5, Macron praised Zelenskyy&#8217;s initiative and called for renewed diplomatic engagement.<\/p>\n   <p>&#8220;I think it is a good initiative, and it is good that discussions can resume,&#8221; Macron said, commenting on the Ukrainian president&#8217;s open letter.<\/p>\n   <p>The French leader noted that Europeans have been <em>&#8220;the largest contributors to Ukraine&#8217;s military effort&#8221;<\/em> and therefore should eventually be represented at negotiations on a future peace plan.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;This concerns the architecture of peace and security for Europeans, given our geography,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Macron stressed that France has consistently supported direct dialogue between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We have always advocated direct negotiations between Ukraine and the Kremlin. 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I believe that today it is Ukraine and Russia that can build both a ceasefire and a peace plan,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>As previously reported, President Zelenskyy sent a letter to Putin proposing a direct meeting to discuss possible pathways toward ending the war.<\/p>\n   <p>In late April, during a visit to Azerbaijan, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was prepared for another round of peace talks with Russia in a trilateral format hosted on Azerbaijani territory.<\/p>\n   <p>Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas argued that Russia is not currently in a strong enough position in the war and should be pushed toward negotiations, adding that China could play a role in encouraging Moscow to come to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/they-need-to-do-it-trump-responds-to-zelenskyy-s-open-letter-to-putin\/\">\u201cThey Need to Do It\u201d: Trump Responds to Zelenskyy\u2019s Open Letter to Putin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy&#8217;s decision to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1324164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51,36415,53,36422,55,50,36572],"tags":[76,78,72927],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1382862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-5","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-peace-talks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Macron Calls Zelenskyy&#039;s Letter to Putin a &quot;Good Initiative&quot; 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