Rutte supported Macron's idea of resuming contacts with Russia 

On February 12, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte supported the idea of French President Emmanuel Macron to resume contacts with Russia.

"We must remember that the United States helped break the deadlock in relations with Russia <...> But, of course, there is a discussion about what Europe could do here," Rutte said.

He allowed a discussion about the possible contribution of Europe to this process, but on condition that the Europeans and Americans are fully open to each other to work together.

System Unit: Moscow is ready to discuss Eurasian security with the EU

This will be one of the key topics of the Minsk Conference on October 28-29.

On February 10, Macron invited several European leaders to resume dialogue with Russia. The French leader noted that Paris had restored the channel of communication with Moscow at a technical level, and expressed the hope that in the future the EU would develop an "organized approach" for contacts with Russia.

At the same time, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the existence of contacts between Russia and France at the technical level. He added that the Russian Federation has always advocated maintaining dialogue and warned about the dangers of bringing relations to a "zero state." Later, Peskov said that Macron was not trying to establish contact with Putin.

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