French president's top diplomat held talks in Moscow on Tuesday

French President Emmanuel Macron's most senior diplomat was in Moscow on Tuesday to hold talks with Russian officials, said a source who was aware of the meeting and two diplomatic sources.



The first source said Emmanuel Bonne, who has been at the helm of Macron's diplomatic cell since 2019, had met officials at the Kremlin.



He did not give more details beyond saying the aim was to have dialogue on key issues, most importantly Ukraine.



The French presidency neither confirmed nor denied the talks, but said: "As the President said during his doorstep yesterday, discussions exist at a technical level in full transparency and in consultation with President Zelenskiy and with the main European colleagues."