Afraid of DNA leakage, Macron refused the Virus Test of the Russian side and met with Putin 4 meters away.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Russian presidential palace has taken very strict measures against visitors to avoid any infection.
French President Macron recently refused the Kremlin's request to accept the Russian side's new crown virus test before meeting with Russian President Putin, resulting in a certain distance between the two sides when meeting.
Macron was in talks with Putin on the situation in Ukraine, and the two sides allegedly sat at opposite ends of a long table about 4 meters long.
The Kremlin has proposed that Macron can get close to Putin if he is tested for the new crown virus in Russia, otherwise, Macron must comply with strict social distancing measures.
After the two leaders were explicitly not tested, the two leaders failed to shake hands and sat at both ends of the long table for talks, but for security reasons, the French side could not accept dna samples from the President in the hands of Russian doctors.
Health officials at the Elysee Palace said, "We are well aware that the two sides cannot shake hands and hold 'long table' talks, but we cannot accept that 'they' have the DNA of the president'. Another source said the French side was told that Putin was going to stay in a "tight health bubble."
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