WORLD_ France recognizes new Syria group

France recognizes new Syria group

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Belfast Telegraph

France has became the first Western country to formally recognise Syria's newly formed opposition coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

The US also recognised the leadership body announced in Qatar on Sunday as a legitimate representative, but stopped short of describing it as a sole representative, saying the group must first demonstrate its ability to represent Syrians inside the country.

"We look forward to supporting the national coalition as it charts a course for the end of Assad's bloody rule, and marks the start, we believe, of a peaceful just and democratic future for the people of Syria," said US State Department spokesman Mark Toner in Washington.

Under intense international pressure to form an opposition that includes representatives from the country's disparate factions fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, the anti-government groups struck a deal Sunday in Doha, Qatar, to form a coalition headed by former Muslim preacher Mouaz al-Khatib.

The coalition includes representatives from the main opposition group, the Syrian National Council, which was harshly criticised by many, including US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, for being cut off from rebels fighting the war on the ground and for failing to forge a cohesive and more representative leadership.

The new group is lobbying the international community for more powerful weapons to break the stalemate with the regime. The US and French recognition is a welcome boost, but the opposition still has a long way to go to convince the international community the weapons will not fall in the wrong hands.

"We now have a structure in place that can prepare for a political transition, but we're looking for it to still establish the types of technical committees that will allow us to make sure our assistance gets to the right places, both non-lethal and humanitarian," Mr Toner said.

The French move was announced by French president Francois Hollande, who used his first news conference since taking office six months ago to formally recognise the group.

"I announce here that France recognises the National Syrian Coalition as the sole representative of the Syrian people and, therefore, as the future provisional government of democratic Syria," Mr Hollande said.

France was the first country to recognise Libya's opposition early in the Libyan uprising last year, prompting other countries to follow and accelerating the international effort to oust Muammar Gaddafi. France's military helped lead the air campaign against Gaddafi's forces.


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