France warns those blocking U.N. Syria resolution
Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:20 GMT
PARIS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Saturday those who continued to block a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria after activists said more than 200 people were killed in Homs would bear a "heavy responsibility in history".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria was "not hopeless" but must be amended to avoid giving the impression that the world body was taking sides in a civil war.
"The international community must recognise and support the right of the Syrian people to freedom, security and the choice of its political future," Juppe said in a statement.
"Those who block the adoption of such a resolution will bear a heavy responsibility in history."
(Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Alison Williams)
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