Putin seeks map of forces not to bomb in Syria - France
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and France's Francois Hollande agree to exchange intelligence on militant groups in Syria.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked France to draw up a map of where groups fighting Islamic State (Isis) militants operate in Syria in order not to bomb them, France's foreign minister said on Friday.
Putin agreed with French President Francois Hollande on Thursday at the Kremlin to target Isis and similar jihadi groups in Syria.
"He asked us to draw up a map of forces that are not terrorists and are fighting Daesh (Isis). He committed to not bombing them once we've provided that," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said after accompanying Hollande to Moscow.
French President Francois Hollande speaks during a news conference after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow.
The West has accused Moscow of targetting mostly-Western backed rebel groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Fabius also said Paris could send special forces to Syria, but that any such decision would not be made public.
- Reuters
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