EU council president Charles Michel held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, APA reports citing Financial Times.
Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday that the president was about to have an “international phone call”. “He will speak with European Council President Michel,” Peskov said.
A senior EU official confirmed the call was underway.
Michel’s call with Putin comes a few days after he visited Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.