Putin and Hollande also agreed that both countries would only target Isis and similar jihadi groups.
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In an interview with RTL radio on Friday, Laurent Fabius said “neutralizing and eradicating Daesh” is an objective that all countries agree upon, referring to IS by its Arabic acronym. “Terrorism can strike anywhere, so we have to act”, French President Francois Hollande said during a trip to Moscow.
President Vladimir Putin said Russian planes were easily identifiable and the jet’s flight co-ordinates had been passed on to Turkey’s ally, the US.
Russian Federation has been carrying out air strikes against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad since late September.
Fabius also said Paris could send special forces to Syria, but that any such decision would not be made public.
For his part, Putin said that Russian Federation was ready to work with the French in their fight against terrorists because they have been in a similar position, though he stipulated that he would only cooperate if the US would as well.
The talks between Hollande and Putin also come amid tension between Russia and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member Turkey, which shot down a Russian fighter plane that reportedly violated its airspace earlier this week.
“We will exchange information about whom to hit and whom not to hit”, Mr Hollande added.
“We see from the sky where these vehicles (carrying oil) are going”, Putin said.
The surviving pilot said no warning had been given and the aircraft did not violate the Turkish air space, although Turkey insists that it gave 10 warnings in five minutes.
Hollande called for forming a broad global coalition against ISIS, using his visit to Moscow on Thursday to try to unite France, the US and Russian Federation on a response to the Paris attacks that killed 130 people.
Hollande meanwhile argued that Assad “has no place in the future of Syria”.
They were Moscow’s first combat deaths since it launched a bombing campaign in Syria on September 30.
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He said it was “theoretically possible” that Ankara was unaware of oil supplies entering its territory from Isis-controlled areas of Syria but added that this was hard to imagine.
