Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met here Friday with French President Francois Hollande.

They discussed the latest developments regionally and internationally. Abbas expressed his appreciation to the political and economic backing of France to the Palestinian people. Abbas said that Palestine was fully behind France in its fight against terrorism.

For his part, Hollande said that France was determined to hold an international conference on peace before the end of this year. He stressed that his administration will continue its efforts of supporting the Palestinian people in all fields.