German and French foreign ministers Heiko Maas and Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed preparations for the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) .
The two leadeers discussed EU FAC meeting scheduled for February 22, including the situation around Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. This informataion was shared by German Foreign Office said on Twitter. The statement on the Twitter , reads, "Trustful discussion between @HeikoMaas and counterpart @JY_LeDrian on current issues before the #FAC next Monday including on #Nawalny, the #Covid19 situation in Europe, preservation of the #JCPoA and next steps in the Middle East peace process #MEPP."
Last month, Navalny returned to Moscow from Germany, where he was treated for alleged poisoning and was arrested upon arrival at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Shortly after, a court of Moscow rescinded Navalny's suspended sentence in the 2014 Yves Rocher fraud case over many probation breaches and replaced it with a prison term of 3.5 years.
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