Syria’s new opposition leader will meet French President Francois Hollande
next week as he embarks on a tour of Western capitals, a source in Hollande’s
office said on Friday.
Ahmad Assi Jarba, elected the head of the main opposition Syrian National
Council on July 6, will meet Hollande next Wednesday, the source told AFP.
Jarba will be in Paris on Tuesday and Wednesday. The source said he was also
travelling to London, Washington and Berlin, but provided no further
details.
Jarba, who is part of a faction of veteran secular dissidents and is seen as
close to Saudi Arabia, has criticized some rebels’ links with Islamist
groups.
“It is really this centrist, moderate opposition... that we are trying to
strengthen,” a French diplomatic source said.
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