Mogherini: No Military Solution to Syria Crisis
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European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini rejected a military solution to the Syria crisis following a US missile strike which escalated tensions in the Middle East.
"As for Syria, it was reaffirmed during the Brussels conference organized last week that there is no military solution to the crisis in Syria," Mogherini said at a news conference in Algiers on Sunday.
"For this issue, the European Union is very clear and very firm, there is no possibility for a military solution to the crisis," she added.
The EU chief said the United States is a friend of the EU, adding the bloc hopes the US can agree with the EU on a political solution to the Syrian crisis.
For their part, top aides to Trump on Sunday demurred over where US policy on Syria was headed after the missile strike, leaving open questions about whether toppling Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was now one of Trump's goals.
After the attack, Trump administration officials said they were prepared to take further actions if necessary.
Relatively, most Germans believe the US missile attack on al-Shayrat airbase was the wrong thing to do, a poll has found.
The survey, ordered by Bild am Sonntag newspaper and conducted by Emnid-TNS company, found that 59 percent of the people in Germany disapproved of the strike on the Syrian airfield.
Respectively, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Sunday expressed concerns over the escalation of tensions between Russia and the US following the military attack.
He also urged international experts to help conduct a probe into the alleged chemical weapons assault.
"It is important that the UN and experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [OPCW] gain immediate access and can carry out their investigation without hindrance," Gabriel said in an interview with Bild newspaper.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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