French President François Hollande has thrown his support behind a Turkish proposal to create a buffer zone on its border with Syria to protect displaced people, his office announced on Wednesday, reports FRANCE 24.
Hollande gave his support to the plan following a telephone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier in the day.
“(The president) insisted on the need to avoid massacres in the north of Syria. He gave his support to the idea proposed by President Erdogan to create a buffer zone between Syria and Turkey to host and protect displaced people,” read a statement from Hollande’s office.
It added that the two countries also agreed on the need to give more support to the moderate Syrian opposition to fight Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State group (IS), also known as ISIS or ISIL.
Both the United States and Britain offered cautious support for the idea of a buffer zone, saying they were willing to “examine” the proposal.
"The buffer zone... is an idea that's out there, it's worth examining, it's worth looking at very, very closely," US Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters.
Read more of this report from FRANCE 24.