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Press release Foreign Secretary concerned at reports of chemical attack in Syria English العربيَّة 中文 Foreign Secretary calls on Syrian Government to allow immediate access for the UN team


investigating allegations of chemical weapons use.

From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon William Hague Published 21 August 2013 This was published under the 2010 to 2015


Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government


Commenting on reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria, the Foreign Secretary William Hague said:


I am deeply concerned by reports that hundreds of people, including children, have been killed in airstrikes and a chemical weapons attack on rebel-held areas near Damascus. These reports


are uncorroborated and we are urgently seeking more information. But it is clear that if they are verified, it would mark a shocking escalation in the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Those


who order the use of chemical weapons, and those who use them, should be in no doubt that we will work in every way we can to hold them to account. I call on the Syrian Government to allow


immediate access to the area for the UN team currently investigating previous allegations of chemical weapons use. The UK will be raising this incident at the UN Security Council.

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