France not to take unilateral decision on Syria intervention: Official
Iran Press TV
Wed Jun 5, 2013 1:12PM GMT
French government spokeswoman says her country will not take a unilateral decision with regard to military intervention in Syria.
"France will take no unilateral and isolated decision... It is now up to the international community," Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said on Wednesday when asked about a possible military intervention in Syria.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday that the nerve agent sarin is confirmed to have used multiple times during the crisis in Syria.
France and the UK say the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against militants, a claim Damascus has rejected as "lies."
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned against any attempt at foreign military intervention in the Arab country, stressing that the move would only make the situation worse.
Speaking at a joint news conference after a summit with European Union leaders in Yekaterinburg on Tuesday, Putin said that any future foreign military intervention in Syria is doomed to fail.
'We once again underscored that any attempts to influence the situation through force and direct military intervention are doomed to failure,' Putin said.
Syria has been gripped by a deadly unrest since March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of government forces, have been killed in the violence.
Damascus says the chaos in the country is being orchestrated from outside, and that the militants are supported by the West and its regional allies including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
Several international human rights organizations have said that the militants are committing war crimes.
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