The Kremlin named the cause of the cancellation of Putin's visit to Paris

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MOSCOW, Oct. 11 -. RIA Novosti Vladimir Putin canceled his visit to France because of the "dropped out of the program of activities," said press secretary Dmitry Peskov.At the same time the French leader Francois Hollande said he was ready to meet with his counterpart in "any time."

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Reach the Kremlin stars. Francois Hollande hesitated

About the meeting of the two presidents became known on October 6. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after a meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Eyraud said that negotiations are scheduled in Paris on 19 October.The main topic of the talks was to be the situation in Syria.

The meeting between the two presidents was in jeopardy after the interview Hollande for the TMC channel (group TF1), in which the French politician questioned whether the talks will be helpful.

Private Putin's decision

Dmitry Peskov told journalists that Putin personally decided to cancel the visit to France, and this decision is not connected with the words Hollande.

"The fact that the planned some activities related to the opening of the Russian cultural and spiritual center of one of the shows, unfortunately, these activities have dropped out of the program, so the president decided until the visit of the French Republic to abolish" - said the representative of the Kremlin .

Thus Sands forwarded to Paris the question of disrupting the visit.

Presidential spokesman added that Putin is ready to meet with Hollande in a "comfortable" for the time.

"We wait, when the time comes it is comfortable, and the president again consider the possibility of applying such a visit if this issue will be on the agenda", - said Dmitry Peskov.

Hollande is going to only discuss Syria

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French presidential candidate said that Putin would accept without hesitation

Francois Hollande, in turn, said he was willing to meet with Putin at "any time".He confirmed that the visit program corrected the French authorities, as Paris was going to discuss "issues of Syria and only Syria."

"I'm not going to accompany him. (Putin - Ed.) In these ceremonies solemn, but I am ready to continue the dialogue on Syria He preferred to postpone the visit, but it did not stop us, maybe take advantage of other opportunities for such discussions," - he said French president.

According to the French President, in Syria, dialogue should be open and to discuss the problem, to involve all countries in the region, including Russia, Turkey and Iran.