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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10905

23 August 2013
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) syria
Paris wants tough response if chemical weapons have been used

Brussels, 22/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 22 August, France's Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius threatened Syria with a “tough response” if the chemical weapons “massacre” the previous day in a suburb of Damascus is confirmed. “If this is proven, there would need to be a response (…) which can take the form of a tough response”, Fabius stated, without wanting to say more, and without using the word “military” either. He also twice stated that this does not mean...