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A joint speech between President Barack Obama and President Francois Hollande of France gave the two men a chance to affirm the intensification of the fight against ISIS and throw some shade in Russia’s direction for what they deemed less-than-helpful participation in that fight.

Coming on the heels of news that Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border, the press conference featured Obama and Hollande declining to go into specifics about the incident or whether NATO countries would be drawn into a conflict with Russia. Obama said that Turkey has the right to defend its territory, but did not say whether the plane was in Turkish airspace.

“My priority is to make sure this does not escalate,” Obama said. Hollande will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.

Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are more focused on the moderate opposition to Syrian President Bashar al Assad than on ISIS, Obama and Hollande said. “Russia right now is a coalition of two—Iran and Russia supporting Assad,” said Obama, drawing a comparison with the U.S. and France’s 65-strong country coalition. If Russia were to focus its military might on terrorist groups instead, he said, it “would be enormously helpful.”

The conference began with Obama affirming his support for the French people in light of the recent Paris attacks that killed 130 people, for which ISIS claimed responsibility. “In the face of the French people, we see ourselves,” said Obama. He said that in meetings earlier this morning, he and Hollande resolved to do more to fight ISIS.

Hollande said that France would continue to “intensify our strikes at the heart of the cities held by” ISIS, though would not intervene on the ground.

One thing Obama called on the European Union to do—implement an agreement to share airline passenger information with U.S. intelligence. While he acknowledged that different legal systems and privacy concerns were legitimate challenges, he said that the French attacks demonstrated the necessity of working together.

Both Obama and Hollande spoke forcefully about the importance of welcoming refugees as part of the fight against ISIS. After the French attacks, Hollande announced the country would take in an additional 30,000 Syrian refugees. Compare this with the large number of American governors, including Maryland’s Larry Hogan, who said they would not welcome Syrian refugees in their states (despite the fact that none of the identified attackers in Paris were Syrian or refugee, or that governors don’t have the power to dictate immigration policy).

“We cannot give [ISIS] the victory of changing how we go about our lives,” said Obama, noting the “lasting regret” of times when Americans did not uphold the ideals on the Statue of Liberty.

Hollande said that one way to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to improving the world would occur at next week’s climate talks in Paris. “We want our children and our grandchildren to live better, or simply to live,” he said.