France's Hollande promises Philippine storm survivors a climate deal


By Roli Ng
  • World
  • Friday, 27 Feb 2015

French President Francois Hollande talks with fishermen during his visit in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province February 27, 2015. REUTERS/Alain Jocard/Pool

GUIUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Friday met victims of the biggest-ever typhoon to make landfall and promised them he would secure an international agreement to limit climate change.

Hollande toured the Philippine fishing town of Guiuan in the east of the archipelago where, in 2013, Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 6,300 people.

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