Foreign Secretary William Hague has blamed the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad for the breakdown in the peace talks.
Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomes the UN report demonstrating that sarin was used in the attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on 21st August, but rests the blame squarely on the Assad regime.
Foreign Secretary Foreign Secretary says the UK, US and France are united in supporting a UN resolution to enshrine Syria’s responsibility to hand over chemical weapons.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that the UK and US remained “closely aligned” on Syria after discussions with US Secretary of State John Kerry at a joint press conference in London.
William Hague argues in a speech in Edinburgh that the United Kingdom is stronger together, and each person has “overlapping allegiances and identities” which we should not have to choose between.