francois hollande met vladimir putin to push for a larger coalition group which would clues the u.s. and kremlin. mr vladimir putin amade no commitments on that key issue >> reporter: in search of his grand coalition, francois hollande finished a week of international diplomacy in moscow. here he found a receptive vladimir putin. after several hours of talks, the only fruits of cooperation were these. >> translation: we agreed today to reinforce our anti terrorist work, improve exchange of operational information fighting terrorism, set up a constructive relationship between our military specialists in order to avoid duplication and incidents. >> reporter: that is still a long way from a grand coalition. disagreement over putin's ally president bashar al-assad is the stumbling block. >> translation: we want the discussions in vienna to lead to a political solution. the executive power must be given to an independent unity government during transition which will have as its gold as constitution, elections covering all sections of society and members of the diaspera. it is clear that bashar al-assad does not have a place