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France says too early for sanctions against Syria
 France said on Monday it was too early to seek sanctions against Syria but the UN Security Council must demand Damascus cooperate with a UN inquiry into the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri. France said it would not consider sanctions on Syria until the end of the inquiry but that it would like a United Nations resolution to demand its cooperation in the investigation. "We have here an opportunity to do justice with an independent inquiry. Let's go to the end ... if we need to make it longer, let's do it, and afterwards lets see what the consequences should be, including on the question... of sanctions," Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said. Lebanon's Hizbollah group and Amal Movement, two staunch pro-Syrian Shiite groups, rejected any talk of sanctions. "Facing a pressure campaign led by the United States and Israel, we declare our rejection to any decision that wants to impose sanctions on Syria," they said in a joint statement. "Reaching the truth needs more serious investigation which rests on facts and substantial evidence, and steering away from politicising the findings," it said.
Posted by: Fred 2005-10-25 |
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