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'I was not aware of Durov's arrival in France,' French President Macron says

French President Emmanuel Macron was not aware of Telegram owner Pavel Durov's arrival in France and was not scheduled to meet with him, he said on Thursday during a press conference during his two-day visit to Serbia.

Following the arrest on Saturday, a French judge put Durov under formal investigation on Wednesday for suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, child sex abuse images, drug trafficking and fraud.