Still time to avoid civil war in Syria: Hollande

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Still time to avoid civil war in Syria: Hollande

Paris: French President Francois Hollande has said there is still time to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis and avoid a civil war in the Middle East country.

"We have to find a political position that avoids civil war. There is still time, it is high time," Hollande said in his Bastille Day interview.

The French leader also urged Russia and China not to oppose UN sanctions against Syria.

"I told [Russian President Vladimir] Putin... that I respect their [Russian-Syrian] commercial and historical ties but the worst thing that could happen is a civil war in Syria," Holland said.

Moscow and Beijing have twice vetoed Security Council resolutions that so much as hinted at sanctions again President Bashar Al-Assad government.

IANS

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First Published: Saturday, July 14, 2012, 22:31

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Hassan - middleeast
The three musketeers that is Obama,Cameroon and Hollande are losing their grip on countries colonised in South America,Africa,Middle East and Asia. With the loss of these countries markets for the West are lost leading to economic woes. Russia and China have woken up to the fact that the Security Council and Western media through their propaganda want their governments to have a steely grip on these markets. That is why all means will be used to rid Syria and also Iran of their nationist government. Nationalism is curse in the eyes of the West.