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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10679
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) syria

France and United Kingdom harden the tone

Brussels, 31/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - The French minister for foreign affairs, Laurent Fabius, has threatened recourse to military force if the Syrian regime uses biological and chemical weapons. “Our response would be immediate”, Fabius said, explaining that these arms are “of another nature”. “We cannot allow these arms - the consequences of which can spread widely - to be used”, he added, giving assurances that international regulation allow him to intervene without the...