Both President Obama and President Francois Hollande of France gave a press conference after their meeting at the White House this morning on November 24th 2015.
Both Presidents declined to criticize Turkey regarding the downing of the Russian fighter plane. Both Presidents have said that they want to wait to hear more about what happened exactly. Notably both President’s took the opportunity to criticize the actions of Russia in Syria pointing out that Russia has been targeting moderates in Syria as opposed to just ISIS.
President Obama pointed out the Western coalition of 60 plus countries vs. the coalition of two of Russia and Iran supporting Assad. Both Hollannde and Obama pointed out that Russia having suffered an attack by ISIL in the downing of the Metrojet plane needs to recognize the importance of targeting ISIL in Syria.