Europe is experiencing its most dangerous moment since the Cold War amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This was conveyed by the Head of Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU) Josep Borrell.
"We are living, in my understanding, the most dangerous time for security in Europe after the end of the Cold War," Borrell told reporters Monday.
His comments came as French President Emmanuel Macron told Russian President Vladimir Putin he aimed to avoid war and build trust during a visit to Moscow.
The visit made Macron the first top Western leader to visit Moscow since Russia began deploying troops near the border with Ukraine.
Macron, who is expected to run for president again in April, has positioned himself as a potential mediator in Ukraine, where Paris has voiced skepticism about predictions by the United States and other Western powers that a Russian attack is imminent.
Macron told Putin he was looking for a useful response.
"Which of course allows us to avoid war and build bricks of trust, stability, visibility," he said. Putin, for his part, said Russia and France share common concerns about what is happening on the security front in Europe.
"I see how much effort is being made by the French leadership and the current president personally to resolve the crisis related to providing equal security in Europe from a serious historical perspective," Putin said.
Ahead of his visit, Macron, who is also due to visit Kiev on Tuesday (8/2/2022), told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper: “Russia's current geopolitical goal is clearly not Ukraine, but to clarify the rules of coexistence with NATO and the Union. Europe."
On his visit to Moscow, Macron told reporters: "I'm quite optimistic but I don't believe in spontaneous miracles."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said before the talks: "The situation is too complicated to expect a decisive breakthrough in one meeting."
In Washington, US President Joe Biden said while entertaining German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that they were working together to solve the crisis.
Biden said diplomacy was the best way for all parties to the impasse. Russia has deployed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border.
He denies planning an invasion, but says he is ready to take unspecified military-technical steps if his demands are not met, including NATO's pledge to never recognize Ukraine as a new member and withdraw some troops from Eastern Europe.
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