They shook hands at the Elysee presidential Palace and sipped coffee in the sun, but the tense faces of French President Francois Hollande and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin underscore a widening chasm between the West and Moscow over Syria.
Talks between the two leaders on the Syrian conflict were not even supposed to be part of the official agenda on Friday, originally dedicated to a four-way meeting on the Ukraine that also included German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko.
The four leaders agreed to delay local elections in eastern Ukraine to ensure they meet international standards, and discussed …read more
Source: Voice of America
