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 France on the need to respond.
Speaking in an interview with BBC Radio 4, Hague said that diplomatic efforts “would not appear to have worked,” and that a stronger response would be legal and possible even without the full backing of the United Nations Security Council.
“I’m 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,” Hague said. “I can assure you that our thinking is exactly the same as in the U.S. There’s no difference in our positions, nor with our colleagues in France.”
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 France on the need to respond.
Speaking in an interview with BBC Radio 4, Hague said that diplomatic efforts “would not appear to have worked,” and that a stronger response would be legal and possible even without the full backing of the United Nations Security Council.
“I’m 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,” Hague said. “I can assure you that our thinking is exactly the same as in the U.S. There’s no difference in our positions, nor with our colleagues in France.”
“Is 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,” Hague said.
