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French President Emmanuel Macron meets his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto, a frequent interlocutor of Vladimir Putin. Since the invasion of Ukraine, Sauli Niinisto has had several meetings with the Russian president as part of European efforts to keep diplomatic channels open. IMAGES
FRENCH PAPERS- Mon. 29.05.17:French President Emmanuel Macron faces his latest diplomatic test as he meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Versailles, says Libération. Relations between Paris and Moscow have been strained by allegations of Russian hacking during France's presidential campaign. Meanwhile, French papers are critical of this year's Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival. Weekly L'Obs says Swedish film "The Square" is as bad as "a plane crashing right after take-off".
French President Emmanuel Macron will attempt to convince Russia to accept Ukraine's overtures of dialogue when he meets Vladimir Putin for talks on Monday ahead of a G7 summit. Macron, who hosted his Russian counterpart in grand style at the palace of Versailles in 2017, will this time meet Putin at his official holiday residence in Bregancon in southern France.
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French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifi on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo during the G7 summit in Elmau Castle. IMAGES
Russian president Vladimir Putin holds a press conference with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Moscow, as Macron visits the Russian capital amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting the French football team in Clairefontaine this Tuesday to give his support to ''Les Bleus'' ahead of the 2018 World Cup.