Hollande: France Set on Political Solution in Syria
French President Francois Hollande said France was committed to finding a political solution to the Syrian conflict as he paid tribute Saturday to the 88th French soldier killed in Afghanistan.
He noted that France had deployed a field hospital in Jordan "as close as possible to the border with Syria to help not only refugees but also combatants fighting the repression of a regime which is no longer motivated by anything but the fear of its own demise."
This "humanitarian duty" was in addition to France's "support for the Syrian opposition and the determined search for a political transition in Syria," he said in Varces, southeastern France.
"In Afghanistan, as in other regions of the world, our soldiers are fighting for peace, fighting for stability, fighting for human rights, every time under the mandate of the United Nations," he said in front of the coffin of Major Franck Bouzet, draped in the French national flag.
Source: Agence France Presse
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