[French President Macron: I was not aware of Pavel Durov's arrival in France and had no plans to meet him] Golden Finance reported that French President Emmanuel Macron held a press conference during a diplomatic visit to Serbia. In a televised interview, the French leader told reporters that he had not invited Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov to France and did not know that he was coming to France. According to the translated version of Macron's response, the French president said: "For my part, I was completely unaware that Mr. Pavel Durov would come to France. This is normal because I don't know that there are people from all over the world coming to France, whether they have French nationality or not." The French president then reiterated that Pavel Durov's case would be handled by the "independent action of the French judicial system." France has faced widespread opposition from the international community for its decision to arrest Durov, and Macron insisted that the decision to detain the tech entrepreneur was not politically motivated.