NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L,front)talks with Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas during an informal EU defense ministers' meeting in Vilnius on September 5, 2013. Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday called on the international community to overcome divisions and respond firmly to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria. (Xinhua/Thierry Monasse)
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NATO urges int'l community to overcome divisions on Syria
VILNIUS, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday called on the international community to overcome divisions and respond firmly to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
"I urge the international community to overcome its divisions over Syria. The international community has responsibility to impose and enforce an international ban on chemical weapons against the use of chemical weapons," Rasmussen said on his arrival of an informal EU defense ministers' meeting. Full story
NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen address the press ahead of an informal EU defense ministers' meeting in Vilnius on September 5, 2013. Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday called on the international community to overcome divisions and respond firmly to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria. (Xinhua/Thierry Monasse)
NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen (R) talks with German Minister of Defense Thomas de Maizière during an informal EU defense ministers' meeting in Vilnius on September 5, 2013. Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday called on the international community to overcome divisions and respond firmly to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria. (Xinhua/Thierry Monasse)
