French President Emmanuel Macron greeted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the splendour of the Versailles palace outside Paris on Monday for their first face-to-face talks. 


Macron and Putin are to hold a news conference after their talks and will also inaugurate an exhibition marking 300 years since Russia's modernizing tzar Peter the Great visited France in 1717. 


"It is essential to talk to Russia because there are many international issues that will not be resolved without a tough exchange with the Russians," Macron said in Sicily

Source: NNA