BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Britain and France raised the pressure on other European Union members on Tuesday to lift a ban on supplying arms to Syria. Britain warned that it could break with the embargo altogether, which requires unanimous agreement by the EU members to take effect.

France hinted it would push to get the bloc to agree to amend the ban to allow the supply of arms. The arms embargo is part of a package of EU sanctions on Syria that currently roll over every three months, with the last extension unanimously agreed by the EU last month and which came into effect on March 1. Without unanimous agreement to either renew or amend the ban in three months’ time, the embargo lapses.

(Source: CNTV.cn)