[HIGHLIGHTS] The French and Russian defense ministers had a telephone conversation, the first since October 2022

The French and Russian defense ministers had a telephone conversation, the first since October 2022. French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu spoke by telephone on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Choïgu.

Mr. LecORNu “recalled France's availability” for “increased exchanges” with Moscow in the fight against “terrorism” The French minister also “unreservedly condemned the war of aggression that Russia launched in Ukraine’