Hollande called the main outcome of the talks with Putin – RBC

French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin (left to right) during a meeting in the Kremlin

Photo: Mikhail Metzel / TASS

According to Hollande, the main outcome of the talks in the Kremlin, was the decision not to strike at those groups that are also fighting against terrorists. “Coalition is important to support those groups which are struggling with” Islamic state “(a terrorist group banned in Russia),” – said the French president.

The readiness to exchange information with France and a coalition led by the United States announced and President Russia, Vladimir Putin. He also said that Moscow will conduct a joint struggle with Paris against the “Islamic state” and other extremist groups.

The head of state stressed that “the number of countries that share the initiative to establish a broad coalition against terrorism, increasing “.If this Russian president said that he respected the coalition against the” Islamic state “, which is headed by the United States and is ready to cooperate with it.

The parties agreed to cooperate in a bilateral format. “We agreed to strengthen joint work on the antiterrorist front,” – Putin said, pointing to the traditions of the Russian-French alliance.

At the same time the two leaders differed on the future of Syria, agreeing on the need for a political settlement. So, Vladimir Putin said that a ground operation in Syria is possible only by the government army Baschara Assad. “The fate of the President shall be entirely in the hands of the Syrian people,” – said the head of state. This Hollande pointed out that Syria’s future should be determined without the participation of the incumbent president of the country.

Hollande and Putin agreed on the need to strike at the sources of financing of the “Islamic state”, including oil convoys and oil bases, which are controlled by the terrorists.

According to the Russian president, Hollande expressed his condolences over the deaths in Syria Russian airmen and Marines in the case of the downed Turkish fighter jet bomber Su-24 Russian Air Force. The French president stressed that such incidents must not be repeated.