Abbas to Meet New French President on June 8
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will for the first time meet French President Francois Hollande when he visits Paris later this week, his spokesman said on Monday.
"President Abbas will visit France on June 8 and will meet with French President Francois Hollande," Nabil Abu Rudeina told AFP.
Abbas was expected to arrive in Paris late on Wednesday then meet with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Thursday, Abu Rudeina said.
It will be Abbas's first visit to France since October when he held talks on the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process with former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Source: Agence France Presse
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