French President Macron: Unaware of Pavel Durov's arrival in France, and has no plans to meet with him

French President Emmanuel Macron held a press conference during his diplomatic visit to Serbia. During the televised visit, the French leader told reporters that he did not invite Pavel Durov, co-founder of Telegram, to France and was unaware of his plans to come. According to a translated version of Macron's response, the French president said: "As far as I'm concerned, I had no idea Mr. Pavel Durov would be coming to France. This is normal because I don't know about people from all over the world coming to France whether they hold French nationality or not." The French president then reiterated that Pavel Durov's case will be handled by "the independent action of the French judicial system". France faces widespread opposition from the international community for its decision to arrest Durov, but Macron insists that detaining this tech entrepreneur was not politically motivated.