Macron warns Lukashenko in rare phone call over Belarus conduct

French President Emmanuel Macron issued a warning to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in a rare phone call between the two leaders, the Kyiv Independent reported Sunday.

The call represents an unusual instance of direct contact between Paris and Minsk. The Kyiv Independent did not specify the precise subject of the warning or the full content of the exchange in the summary available.

Macron has previously been active in diplomatic outreach related to the war in Ukraine, and Belarus borders Ukraine to the north, but no further context from the wire was available to characterise the call's scope. The rarity of such direct contact between a major EU leader and Lukashenko makes the call itself a notable diplomatic development.