Germany can't look away if Syria uses chemical weapons - Merkel

Record ID: 1355992

  • Title: Germany can't look away if Syria uses chemical weapons - Merkel
  • Date: 12th September 2018
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 12, 2018) (REUTERS) GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL ADDRESSING PARLIAMENT GLASS DOME / MERKEL SPEAKING IN PLENARY HALL OPPOSITION GREEN PARTY MEMBERS SEATED
  • Embargoed: 26th September 2018 11:04
  • Keywords: Chancellor Angela Merkel Syria chemical weapons Bundestag parliament
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018XBL0EF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday (September 12) Germany could not simply look away if chemical attacks took place in Syria, two days after her government said it was in talks with its allies about a possible military deployment in the war-torn country.
    The conservative leader said Germany could not just reject military intervention, a direct rebuke of her Social Democratic coalition partners, who have rejected participation in military action against Syria.
    "It cannot be the German position to simply say 'no', no matter what happens in the world," she told the Bundestag lower house of parliament.
    Germany, the world's fourth largest economy, is under pressure from the United States to boost military spending and shoulder more responsibility within NATO.
    It did not participate in military strikes carried out by U.S., French and British forces on Syria in April after a chemical weapons attack.
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