According to the Georgian Dream party, the founder and honorary chairman of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili and French President Emmanuel Macron had a telephone conversation on December 11.

"The conversation lasted one hour. The call was initiated by the French President, who conveyed to Ivanishvili his concern about the situation in Georgia and expressed his willingness to help resolve it. Ivanishvili thanked Macron and supported the idea of joining efforts to de-escalate the situation," the GD press release says.

"Ivanishvili and Macron agreed to contact each other again in the coming days to assess the progress made," according to the GD party’s press release.

The call follows Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili’s visit to France, where she met with her French and U.S. counterparts.