Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he did not expect any radical changes in French domestic and foreign economic policies after new President Francois Hollande came to power.
Speaking at a news conference at the Group of Eight summit in the United States, Medvedev said “there is not much to chose from” for France, when economic situation in many European countries recently deteriorated.
“However, the new French president came to power with a certain position and represents his party, and therefore he has to implement promises voiced during the election campaign,” Medvedev said adding that he held a meeting with the French president on the sidelines of the summit.
Speaking about Russia a day earlier, Hollande vowed to put pressure on Moscow to support UN Security Council action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia and China have blocked two U.N. Security Council resolutions on the Syrian crisis, saying they were biased against the Assad government.
