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French President Emannuel Macron, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the stands before the final match between France and Croatia at the 2018 World Cup at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday 15 July 2018. MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin told the French president that it was time for Russia and France to "overcome" the difficulties that are affecting their relations.
Putin met Sunday in Moscow with French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron's office said it wanted to make Europe's voice heard after the controversial NATO summit last week and before Putin's summit with US President Donald Trump
]. "The reasons to believe that we will overcome all the difficulties we have recently faced and we will embark on a positive development path."
The distance between France and Russia was motivated by Russia's actions in Ukraine and Syria. Macron's office said it was about topics he wanted to discuss with Putin.
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