Putin briefly spoke with Him after the ceremony of farewell to Jacques Chirac
Vladimir Putin spoke with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron after the memorial service for former President of France, Jacques Chirac, held in the Parisian Church of Saint-Sulpice.
The two leaders for allegedly 2 minutes communicated at the exit of the Cathedral, and then Putin went to his car.
As I told the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, the presidents literally exchanged a few words.
"The French are naturally expressed gratitude that this day of mourning, Putin has been shared with them, found time to fly to Paris," said the Commissioner of the Kremlin.
according to the newspaper Parisien, which indicates as source the sources in the administration of Macron, the President of Russia will not be able to attend lunch at Elysee Palace with the participation of heads of States and governments " for reasons related to its agenda ".
at the farewell ceremony for Chirac was attended by his family - daughter Claude with her husband and grandson Martin. The widow Bernadette Chirac was unable to come for health reasons.
the Church came Makron with his wife Brigitte, the Prime Minister of France Edouard Philippe, the members of the government, deputies.
To pay tribute to profit the ex-President of the French Republic Francois Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, Valery Giscard d " Estaing. In Paris also came about thirty of the heads of countries.
Jacques Chirac, died September 26 at the age of 86 years. He was President of France from 1995 to 2007, first for 18 years as mayor of Paris.
Policies will be buried in Paris Montparnasse cemetery very close with his eldest daughter Laurence, who died in 2016.
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