Francois Hollande will play the child-of-divorced-parents (or
man-with-two-hot-dates) on Thursday night, when he will host two
separate state dinners on the same night, so that Vladimir Putin and
Barack Obama, won't have to eat together.
Obama and Putin will both be visiting France this week, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy. But the two leaders, whose tense relationship has become even worse over the crisis in Ukraine, have no intention of spending time together during the trip. Which means that French President Francois Hollande has to perform some logistical gymnastics to accommodate them both, per the Telegraph:
The meal shared between Putin and Hollande will mark the first time a western leader meets alone with the Russian president since the unrest in Ukraine began. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to follow suit on Friday, in France.
Barring some hilariously madcap hijinks by the French government, a meeting is not in the cards for Putin and Obama — although there might be an accidental run-in between Putin and recently elected Ukrainian President/Chocolate King Petro Poroshenko, which could be just as good.
Read more: France to Turn Putin and Obama Visits Into Episode Of 'Three's Company' - The Wire
Obama and Putin will both be visiting France this week, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy. But the two leaders, whose tense relationship has become even worse over the crisis in Ukraine, have no intention of spending time together during the trip. Which means that French President Francois Hollande has to perform some logistical gymnastics to accommodate them both, per the Telegraph:
The meal shared between Putin and Hollande will mark the first time a western leader meets alone with the Russian president since the unrest in Ukraine began. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to follow suit on Friday, in France.
Barring some hilariously madcap hijinks by the French government, a meeting is not in the cards for Putin and Obama — although there might be an accidental run-in between Putin and recently elected Ukrainian President/Chocolate King Petro Poroshenko, which could be just as good.
Read more: France to Turn Putin and Obama Visits Into Episode Of 'Three's Company' - The Wire
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