22 February 2018 - 17:41

French FM due in Moscow for Syria Talks

<p style="text-align:left">French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will fly to Moscow next week for talks with Russia&rsquo;s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov about the Syria crisis, the French ministry said.

"Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit Moscow on February 27 to discuss the situation in Syria with his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov," the statement read.

According to Sputnik news agency the French foreign minister said earlier he planned to go to Russia and Iran in the coming days.

On Tuesday, France called on UN Security Council member nations to help reach humanitarian ceasefire in the militant-held Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, where 750 people are in need of evacuation for medical reasons.

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