(The Anadolu Agency AA) – in an exclusive interview with the French magazine "Le Point", the French President Emmanuel Macron said that Europe should think again about its relations with Turkey and Russia, otherwise it will not be able to live in peace.

He added: "it is essential that Turkey does not turn its back on Europe in the long term."

The French President also stressed that the weakness of Europe increased the courage the Russian President Vladimir Putin, and prompted him to start the war in Ukraine.