Anti-war European Troika Hold Summit on Friday

Politics | April 11, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Anti-war European Troika Hold Summit on Friday Woman veteran of WW II shouts holding a portrait of Saddam Hussein at an anti-war rally near the US embassy in Moscow. Photo by AFP

French, German and Russian leaders are to meet in Saint Petersburg on Friday for a summit they hope can somehow influence the aftermath of a war they all fiercely opposed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, the host whose country's ties with the United States have been strained since US-led forces pushed into Iraq, some three weeks ago, has maintained a silence as key Iraqi cities fall.

The summit -- originally a two-day Russo-German bilateral summit with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, but later joined by French President Jacques Chirac -- is an attempt to regain the initiative, commentators here said.
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