French President to Meet Obama, Putin Next Week in DC and Moscow

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that Francois Hollande will visit Washington and Moscow to speak with US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin next week.

PARIS (Sputnik) – French President Francois Hollande will visit Washington and Moscow to speak with US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday.

“Next week, President Hollande will head to Washington and Moscow,” Valls said on France Inter radio station.

On Monday, Hollande told the French Congress that he plans on meeting Putin and Obama separately in order to discuss joining efforts in the fight against the Islamic State radical organization in Syria.