Macron greets Putin for first face-to-face talks

Versailles, France: French President Emmanuel Macron greeted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the splendour of the Versailles palace outside Paris on Monday for their first face-to-face talks.

Macron and Putin, who have clear differences on Ukraine and Syria, are to hold a news conference after their talks and will also inaugurate an exhibition marking 300 years since Russia's modernising tsar Peter the Great visited France in 1717.