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Britain has decided to recognize the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said this on Tuesday in a statement to the House of Commons.
After meeting leaders of the Syrian National Coalition in London last Friday, and seeking consultations from the European Union on Monday, the foreign secretary said he received assurances and decided to support the National Coalition.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) shakes hands with Sheikh Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib,
head of the Syrian opposition movement, before a meeting on the continuing conflict in Syria,
at the Foreign and Commonwealth office in London on November 16.
Hague also announced a new package of British support amounting to around 3 million US dollars for the Syrian opposition.
The move makes Britain the second major Western power to recognize the Syrian National coalition after French President Francois Hollande announced last week that the country recognizes Syria’s newly formed opposition coalition as representative of the Syrian people.
Foreign Secretary William Hague (R) speaks beside Syrian opposition movement representatives
President Sheikh Ahmed Moaz Al-Khatib (2nd R), Riad Seif (2nd L) and Suheir Atassi (R) of the
(3rd R) before a meeting on the continuing conflict in Syria, at the Foreign and Commonwealth
office in Whitehall on November 16, 2012 in central London, England.
General view as Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomes members of the Syrian opposition
movement during a meeting on the continuing conflict in Syria, at the Foreign and Commonwealth
office in Whitehall on November 16, 2012 in central London, England.
Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) talks to President Sheikh Ahmed Moaz Al-Khatib and Suheir
Atassi (R) of the Syrian opposition movement (3rd R) before a meeting on the continuing
conflict in Syria, at the Foreign and Commonwealth office in Whitehall on November 16, 2012 in
central London.
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