Trump shares private message from Macron offering G7 meeting in Paris

Macron sent a "private message" to Donald Trump offering to organise a G7 summit in Paris on Thursday in which Russia could be invited on the sidelines, the French president's entourage confirmed.

Trump posted this message on his Truth Social network in which Macron also proposes inviting Ukraine to the meeting as well as Denmark to discuss disagreements over Greenland.

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The offer comes as Europe is weighing countermeasures after Trump threatened to impose tariffs on eight European countries in a bid to pressure the EU over Greenland.

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"My friend, we are completely aligned on Syria. We can do great things in Iran. I don't understand what you are doing in Greenland," Macron said in his message.

"I can organise a G7 meeting in Paris on Thursday afternoon after Davos," Macron wrote, referring to the gathering of global elites in Switzerland where the US president is set to be in attendance.

"I can invite the Ukrainians, the Danes, the Syrians and the Russians on the sidelines" of the meeting, he added.

It was not immediately clear when the messages from Macron to Trump were sent.

Trump's relations with Macron hit a new low Monday when the US president threatened 200 percent tariffs on French wine over France's intention to decline an invitation to join his "Board of Peace".

"Tariff threats to influence our foreign policy are unacceptable and ineffective," a source close to Macron said on Tuesday.

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Macron is scheduled to arrive at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday morning, and return to Paris on Tuesday evening, Elysée aides said on Monday, adding there were no plans to extend his stay to  Wednesday, when Trump arrives in the Swiss town.

In December the French president ‍said Europe will have to re-engage in direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin if the latest US-led efforts to broker ‌a Ukraine peace deal ​founder.

Last week, Macron said that France was now providing two-thirds of intelligence information to Ukraine, largely replacing the US.

Russia has not yet received any invitation for a proposed meeting, the Kremlin said Tuesday.

Asked whether Russia had received such invitation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied: "No, it has not."

(FRANCE 24 with AFP and Reuters)