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On February 8, French President Emmanuel Macron met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Almost immediately afterward, confusion ensued due to conflicting claims from Macron and the Kremlin about what was agreed upon.Macron, ahead of his later meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Putin provided assurances that there would be no military escalation. A French official later reported that Russian troops in Belarus, ostensibly there for joint exercises, would return to their bases in Russia once their drills were completed on February 20. The Kremlin later denied both claims.Addressing reports in the Financial Times about the French claims, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "Of course, The Financial Times was wrong, essentially wrong. Given the current situation, Moscow and Paris could not have struck any deals. It is simply impossible." Peskov suggested that France could not have made any such agreements.Because France is both an EU member and currently holding EU presidency
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