France says "pessimistic" on Syria, has doubts about peace talks


  • World
  • Sunday, 15 Dec 2013

French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius attends a news conference in Paris after a meeting of Foreign Affairs ministers of African nations as part of the Elysee Summit for Peace and Security in Africa, December 5, 2013. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

MONACO (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Saturday he was "pessimistic" about the situation in Syria and had great doubts about the success of a proposed peace conference to be held in Switzerland next month.

"In Syria, I am sadly quite pessimistic," Laurent Fabius told delegates at the World Policy Conference in Monaco.

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