France is expelling Syria's ambassador over the escalating crisis there and will host a new Friends of Syria meeting in early July, President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.
Hollande, speaking to reporters after a Paris meeting with Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi, said of Syria that "among the decisions taken, there is the explusion of the Syrian ambassador in France. This is not a unilateral decision but in consultation with our partners."
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