(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s opposition leader Khaled Khoja has met with French President Francois Hollande on Thursday in Paris amid efforts to bolster the stand of the National Coalition as the international support declines, sources said.
Hollande has called for the relaunch of peace talks to pursue a political solution for Syria and blamed Bashar Assad for the suffering of Syrian people, according to AP.
Hollande, in a written statement, said that Assad is "not a credible interlocutor" to prepare Syria's future.
Khoja, who was elected as a head of Western-backed group in January, has a big desire to rebuild a new network of international relations since the inner-rifts and mismanagement of NC resulted in changes of the international community stand over Syrian conflict and in decline of the financial support for Syrian refugees.
Coalition’s embassy in France has arranging the visit after postpone for three times by French authorities, source told Zaman al-Wasl.
France has been a staunch supporter of the mainstream opposition forces trying to oust Assad in Syria's civil war. The last round of U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Geneva has ended in failure one year ago.
Four French lawmakers went to Damascus last month and Assad had talks with three of them. The initiative has been strongly criticized by French government.
More than 220,000 people have been killed since the conflict in Syria erupted in March 2011.
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