Putin to Meet Hollande in Paris on June 5

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the crisis in Ukraine with French President Francois Hollande in Paris on June 5, his first meeting with a major Western leader since Russia's annexation of Crimea, Kremlin said on Wednesday.

A Kremlin foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, said the talks would be held in Hollande's Elysee Palace on the eve of World War Two anniversary events taking place in the French city of Deauville.

"On the evening of June 5... the presidents of the two countries will hold talks on fundamental international and bilateral issues, including the Ukraine crisis," Ushakov said. 

He told a news briefing that Putin might have contact with other leaders while in Deauville, but that any other meetings would be informal.

Putin's last foreign trip to meet Western leaders was a visit to the Belgian city of Brussels for talks with European Union leaders in January.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team