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French FM Says Assad Will be Judged as a War Criminal
[An Nahar] French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that "a day will come when international justice will give its verdict on Bashir al-Assad who is massacring his people."Speaking to news channel CNEWS, he added: "These crimes must not go unpunished. In any case, there are investigations, United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... commissions... there will be a war crimes trial." At least 86 people were killed on Tuesday in rebel-held Khan Sheikhun in northern Syria in a suspected chemical attack that left people choking and foaming at the mouth. La Belle France is again pushing for a resolution at the United Nations to condemn the attack blamed by the West on Assad's regime, but Ayrault did not sound optimistic after the first discussions on Wednesday at the international body. "It's difficult because up to now every time we have presented a resolution, there has been a veto by Russia and sometimes by China ... but we must cooperate because we need to stop this massacre," he added. Posted by: Fred 2017-04-07 |
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