A statement released by the White House on Tuesday said that US President Barack Obama and Mr Hollande would “discuss further cooperation as part of the 65-member counter-ISIL coalition” and reaffirm “shared determination to confront the scourge of terrorism” during the visit.
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Russian Federation has been calling for reforms leading to free elections, while the Obama Administration demands the exclusion of President Assad and other top figures in the existing Syrian government from any post-war government.
IS has claimed responsibility for the October 31 crash that killed 224, and Putin has vowed to hunt down those responsible and punish them.
French President Hollande along with Russia’s President Putin.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that following the carnage in Paris it was now clear that global powers should unite without any preconditions on the fate of Syria’s leader Bashar al-Assad.
France’s president said Monday its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier would be deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to boost operations in Syria as Paris intensifies a bombing campaign against the Islamic State group there.
He says the USA has been actively sharing intelligence with France since Friday’s deadly terror attacks in Paris.
In twin meetings next week in Washington and Moscow, Hollande plans to bring his case directly to President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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French warplanes on Sunday conducted strikes against the jihadists’ de facto capital in northern Syria.
