French Presidency Says Putin Wants To Delay Paris Visit

French presidency says Putin wants to delay Paris visit

PARIS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Oct, 2016 ) - Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to postpone a planned visit to France next week after the French presidency insisted he hold talks with Francois Hollande about Syria, French officials said Tuesday.

The presidency told the Kremlin that the only event Hollande wanted to attend with Putin during the visit would be a "working meeting" on Syria, and Russia "let it be known that it wanted to postpone the visit", the French presidency said.