Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin spoke about the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant

Friday August 19 is the end of the holidays for Emmanuel Macron, who begins his political comeback with a speech in Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var). The president has increased telephone exchanges with foreign heads of state in recent weeks, in particular with Vladimir Putin. “This is the end of a very long radio silence between Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Poutine, who had not spoken to each other since May 28.“, reports journalist Hugo Capelli, live from Bormes-les-Mimosas.

The discussion between the French and Russian heads of state “will have lasted 1h15, and at the heart of the exchanges, the nuclear power plant of Zaporijia in Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron is worried about the bombings near this plant. Vladimir Putin believes for his part that there is a risk of major disaster“However, common ground was found between the two presidents to send experts to the site and carry out an inspection of the plant. On the other hand, on the end of the fighting in Ukraine, the Elysée indicated that the negotiations did not seem feasible for the Kremlin.