The French president declared on Wednesday that his Ukrainian counterpart should “at some point” try to negotiate with Russia, defending, however, that Ukraine should not be “complacent” with Moscow.

“At the gates of the European Union, an unprecedented geopolitical situation is brewing, so, for all these reasons, the political context and the decisions that the European Union and the different nations will have to make justify more discussions and more progress,” he said. Emmanuel. Macron, according to Le Monde.

Macron traveled to Romania this Wednesday morning, where he visited the French military deployed in the country at the service of NATO. The president then met with his Romanian counterpart, Klaus Iohannis. According to the presidential agenda, Macron will travel to Moldova in the afternoon.

Diplomatic sources heard by Reuters suggested the French president could take advantage of two official visits to travel to Ukraine on Thursday, accompanied by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The information has not been officially confirmed.

Romanian President Says Ukraine Must Be Granted EU Candidate Status ‘As Soon As Possible’

One of the topics discussed during the meeting with Iohannis was the crisis in Ukraine. Leaving the meeting, the Roman president defended the importance of granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for the European Union (EU) “as soon as possible”. In the official’s opinion, this is the “correct solution from the moral, economic and security point of view.”

Klaus Iohannis also referred to the food crisis and described the transport of cereals from Ukrainian territory as a challenge of “epic proportions”. “We have to see where we are first. This high-capacity transport logistics does not exist. We are in a position where we have to develop transport capabilities from a very low level to a very high level,” he said, according to Sky News.