Paris says it attaches importance to dialogue with Moscow on arms control

Russia is a great power and a neighbour with whom stable relations are needed, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said

Paris attaches great importance to developing an arms control dialogue with Moscow. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said this at a press conference in Paris on Friday after talks with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

“We consider it important to develop a dialogue with Russia on arms control”, –  he said. According to the French minister, – “it must be meaningful”.

The European Union must have a high-level dialogue with Russia, the French Foreign Minister said. According to him, Russia is a great power and a neighbour with which stable relations are necessary.