To Avert Russia-NATO Clash Over Ukraine, Global Diplomacy Works Overtime
Moscow: French President Emmanuel Macron was in Moscow on Monday hoping to find the foundation along with Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and NATO, at the beginning of a week of intense diplomacy for Russian concerns was preparing for a pro-Western neighbor's invasion.
With tens of thousands of Russian troops camping near the Ukrainian border, Macron will be the first top Western leader who met Putin since the crisis began in December.
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will also meet Monday with US President Joe Biden in Washington, when Western leaders appear to maintain a united Front in their biggest dispute with Russia since the end of the Cold War.
US officials said Moscow had collected 110,000 troops near the border with Ukraine and was on track to collect considerable strength - around 15...