France's Hollande - it's our duty to keep Greece in euro zone

European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi arrives to testify before the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in Brussels, Belgium, June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

LYON, France (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said it was the duty of other euro zone countries as well as Greece to keep the country in the single currency area, adding that now was not the time for vetoes or "intransigent statements" but for dialogue.

"It is our duty to keep Greece in the euro zone. That depends on Greece ... But it also depends on us. As a European I don't want the dislocation of the euro zone, I am not into intransigent comments, into brutal rifts," Hollande said.