MOSCOW, Feb 11 (AFP): Russia on Friday said French President Emmanuel Macron was made to sit at an enormously long table for his talks with Vladimir Putin because he refused to take a Kremlin-performed Covid test.
The leaders sat at opposite ends of an unusually long table in the Kremlin on Monday, when Macron came to Moscow with a mission to defuse fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The table drew much ridicule online, and raised more eyebrows when Putin sat at a tiny table with the Kazakh president, a close ally, three days later.
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peksov said the decision to subject Macron to the huge table was taken after the French leader refused to take a Covid test performed by the Kremlin's medics. "Talks with some are being held at a long table, the distance (across the table) is about six meters," Peskov said.
"It is linked to the fact that some follow their own rules, they don't cooperate with the host side," he said.
Macron kept at distance from Putin after refusing Covid test
FE Team | Published: February 11, 2022 22:13:05
Macron kept at distance from Putin after refusing Covid test
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