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Bloomberg – U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague said Britain is convinced President Bashar Al-Assad is behind last week\u2019s chemical weapons attack in Syria, and there\u2019s agreement with the U.S. and France on the need to respond.<\/p>\nBloomberg – U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague said Britain is convinced President Bashar Al-Assad is behind last week\u2019s chemical weapons attack in Syria, and there\u2019s agreement with the U.S. and France on the need to respond.<\/p>\n
Speaking in an interview with BBC Radio 4, Hague said that diplomatic efforts \u201cwould not appear to have worked,\u201d and that a stronger response would be legal and possible even without the full backing of the United Nations Security Council.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m putting here the case that the Assad regime did this, and that the use of chemical weapons on a large scale like this cannot go unaddressed,\u201d Hague said. \u201cI can assure you that our thinking is exactly the same as in the U.S. There\u2019s no difference in our positions, nor with our colleagues in France.\u201d<\/p>\n
U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague said Britain is convinced President Bashar Al-Assad is behind last week\u2019s chemical weapons attack in Syria, and there\u2019s agreement with the U.S. and France on the need to respond.<\/p>\n
Speaking in an interview with BBC Radio 4, Hague said that diplomatic efforts \u201cwould not appear to have worked,\u201d and that a stronger response would be legal and possible even without the full backing of the United Nations Security Council.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m putting here the case that the Assad regime did this, and that the use of chemical weapons on a large scale like this cannot go unaddressed,\u201d Hague said. \u201cI can assure you that our thinking is exactly the same as in the U.S. There\u2019s no difference in our positions, nor with our colleagues in France.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it possible to act on chemical weapons; is it possible to respond without complete agreement on the Security Council? I would argue yes it is,\u201d Hague said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bloomberg – U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague said Britain is convinced President Bashar Al-Assad is behind last week’s chemical weapons attack in Syria, and there’s agreement with the U.S. and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[175],"class_list":["post-14442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-iran-a-world","tag-updated"],"yoast_head":"\n