Russian President Vladimir Putin and new French leader Emmanuel Macron discussed boosting poor ties between Paris and Moscow in their first phone conversation, the Kremlin said Thursday. The Kremlin said in a statement the presidents agreed to “jointly work on current international and regional issues, including the fight against terrorism.”
Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his first government on Wednesday, naming veteran Socialist Jean-Yves Le Drian to foreign affairs and European lawmaker Sylie Goulard as defense minister. Other key figures during his campaign were given senior roles, with the mayor of Lyon, Gerard Collomb, named as interior minister ...
