Russian President Vladimir Putin must “return to the table” for talks, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday in a television interview focused mainly on the war in Ukraine, AFP reported.

French President Emmanuel MacronPhoto: Jacques Witt/Pool / Bestimage / Profimedia

“Today, above all, Vladimir Putin must stop this war, respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine and return to the negotiating table,” Macron told France 2, assuring that he did not want a “world war.”

Macron also said that France will supply air defense systems to Ukraine.

“We will deliver radars, systems and (air defense, no) missiles to protect them (Ukrainians) from attacks, especially drone attacks,” he said.

The French president also reminded that France is considering the possibility of supplying Ukraine with additional Caesar self-propelled howitzers.

“We have delivered 18 of them” since the start of the war, “we are working on delivering another six guns with Denmark,” he said, explaining that the six Caesars were originally intended for the Danish army. “We are now trying to deliver them to the Ukrainians,” he said.