Hollande meets Slovakia's Kiska, denounces Syria bombings

Record ID: 77824

  • Title: Hollande meets Slovakia's Kiska, denounces Syria bombings
  • Date: 22nd November 2016
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (NOVEMBER 22, 2016) (REUTERS FOR AGENCY POOL) FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE ARRIVING WITH SLOVAKIA PRESIDENT ANDREJ KISKA/ BOTH WALKING TO PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT, FRANCOIS HOLLANDE, SAYING: "We have to look straight at what is happening in Syria and especially at this very moment. As I speak to you, one million people are besieged in terrible conditions, with the bombings. We cannot stay emotionless, France is speaking out, France is alerting the international community, France will continue doing so." KISKA AND HOLLANDE KISKA AND HOLLANDE SHAKING HANDS AND LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 7th December 2016 15:10
  • Keywords: Francois Hollande Andrej Kiska Syria Aleppo siege
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00159J1W7B
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: French President Francois Hollande met his Slovakian counterpart President Andrej Kiska in Paris on Tuesday (November 22).
    Slovakia currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
    Discussions between the two leaders ranged from bilateral relations to the future of Europe, and its response to international events such as the war in Syria.
    "We have to look straight at what is happening in Syria and especially at this very moment. As I speak to you, one million people are besieged in terrible conditions, with the bombings. We cannot stay emotionless, France is speaking out, France is alerting the international community, France will continue doing so," Hollande said in a statement.
    At least 141 civilians were killed, including 18 children, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, following a week of renewed and fierce bombardment on the rebel-held part of eastern Aleppo.
    No aid has reached the rebel held part of the city since July, and no civilian has been able to leave following the airstrike campaign, leaving wounded with life-threatening injuries trapped in the besieged areas.
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