French President Francois Hollande is set to hold his first formal meeting with victims of the November 13 attacks in Paris on Monday, three days after Belgian police captured key suspect Saleh Abdeslam.
Georges Salines, the head of one victims’ group, 13 Novembre: Fraternite et Verite (November 13: Fraternity and Truth), says Hollande would be quizzed on his strategy for fighting the Islamic State jihadist group, which claimed the assault.
“What is being done to prevent future attacks? What are France’s international goals, what is being done to eliminate IS?” asks Salines, whose daughter was among those killed at the Bataclan concert hall.
A woman lights candles at a makeshift memorial next to the Bataclan concert hall on November 16, 2015 in Paris. (AFP/ BERTRAND GUAY)
Hollande’s office on Saturday announced the long-delayed meeting with five victims’ associations formed after the attacks that claimed 130 lives and injured hundreds.
It said the president and Prime Minister Manuel Valls have been in regular contact with victims and their families — and Hollande has met with them previously at ceremonies — but this is the first formal sit-down.
— AFP
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