French Foreign Minister rules out ground invasion of Syria

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has ruled out the possibility of a ground invasion of Syria since the risk of spreading the conflict to other regions is very high.

“There is no state in the world today that would be ready to consider the possibility of a ground invasion of Syria at the moment.

The risk of spreading the conflict to the whole region would be very high, Fabius said in an interview with the French newspaper “Le Monde”.

All the steps regarding Syria that have been taken before ran into two obstacles.

The first is the lack of consensus in the UN Security Council, and the second is that Syria has a powerful army, the minister added. France has announced the expulsion of the Syrian diplomats.

Germany, the USA, Spain, Italy, Canada, and Australia have taken a similar step. Britain which the Syrian ambassador left earlier expels the Syrian charge d’affaires in London.

May 29, 2012 18:52 Moscow Time