EU blames Assad for attack, urges wait for U.N. report


  • World
  • Sunday, 08 Sep 2013

VILNIUS/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union blamed the Syrian government on Saturday for an August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria but urged waiting for a report from U.N. weapons inspectors before any U.S.-led military response.

The carefully worded message from foreign ministers of 28 EU governments stopped short of endorsing possible U.S. and French military action against Syria ahead of the report, which France's president said could come by the end of the week.

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