TULLE (Reuters) - Francois Hollande came to present his vows Saturday in Corrèze, in a period of "very difficult" marked by the intervention of the French army against the Islamists in Mali and a hostage in Algérie.
The Head of State stressed the "seriousness" of the moment, during the inauguration of a hall in Tulle, Correze, where he was mayor and chairman général.
"I wanted to come in that time, even very difficult to mark my attachment to this city, the department and at the same time with the gravity depends on the circumstances that we know," he said, according journalistes.< / p>A
one person who noted the silence in the room, the president replied: "Yes, because everyone understands the moment we are experiencing the pain that many compatriots can feel."
"I'm sure there are those moments of friendship and serious at the same time," he ajouté.
François Hollande would meet in the afternoon a delegation of the 126th Infantry Regiment of Brive-la-Gaillarde, part of which must go to Mali.
When the president spoke, the special forces of the Algerian army launched "final assault" against the entrenched jihadist site Tiguentourine Gas in the south-eastern Algeria, killing eleven Islamist militants according to the Algerian press agency APS.
Septemberforeign hostages were killed, the agency .
The Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said Saturday morning that the knowledge of the French authorities, there were more French hostage on the site Tiguentourine.
Elizabeth Pineau
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