Austria ‘s Chancellor Rejects Arming ” Syrian Opposition”

VIENNA,(ST) _Austria’s  Chancellor Werner Faymann  renewed his country’s rejection  to lift arms embargo to “the Syrian opposition.” 

The Austrian  (de Presse) daily quoted  Chancellor Faymann as saying  in a statement after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that his  country will oppose any proposal calls for providing arms to the”  Syrian opposition,” adding that “Austria will defend its position before  European Union states , even if I stayed alone in its decision” , during the  meeting of the EU foreign ministers on  May 22. 

The paper pointed out that Sweden , the Baltic states and Austria strongly rejected the invitation by  Paris and London to lift the ban on the supply of weapons to the armed terrorist groups in Syria.

T. Fateh