Hollande visits Russia to press Putin on Syria

Channel News Asia
Thursday 28th February, 2013

MOSCOW: French President Francois Hollande visited Moscow Thursday to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in efforts to agree a peaceful transition of power in Syria without President Bashar al-Assad.Hollande, making his first visit to Russia since being elected president in May, will seek to reconcile France’s vision of a post-Assad Syria with Moscow’s insistence that only Syrians can decide their destiny.Accompanied by his partner Valerie Trierweiler, Hollande will also be looking to find the same personal chemistry with Putin that existed with his predecessor and vanquished riv…

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