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Syria attack perpetrators 'must be punished'
PM Lee clarifies Singapore's stand; G-20 leaders say global recovery still weak with risk of further slowdown
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Lee U-Wen [email][email protected][/email]
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PM Lee at the second working session of the G-20 Summit in St Petersburg yesterday. - PHOTO: JOYCE FANG/THE STRAITS TIMES
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WHILE world leaders meeting in Russia for the annual G-20 Summit failed to reach any consensus on how to deal with Syria, Singapore remains clear on one view - that the perpetrators behind last month's chemical attack must be punished.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who attended the two-day forum that ended yesterday, said that recent reports made it "quite clear" that a chemical weapons attack had taken place, which killed scores of people including women and children.
On Singapore's part, it is entirely against chemical weapons and the use of such force on a big scale in Syria was a "severe problem" that had to be dealt with, but in a manner consistent with international law.
PM Lee clarifies Singapore's stand; G-20 leaders say global recovery still weak with risk of further slowdown
By
Lee U-Wen [email][email protected][/email]
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LEADERS' MEET
PM Lee at the second working session of the G-20 Summit in St Petersburg yesterday. - PHOTO: JOYCE FANG/THE STRAITS TIMES
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WHILE world leaders meeting in Russia for the annual G-20 Summit failed to reach any consensus on how to deal with Syria, Singapore remains clear on one view - that the perpetrators behind last month's chemical attack must be punished.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who attended the two-day forum that ended yesterday, said that recent reports made it "quite clear" that a chemical weapons attack had taken place, which killed scores of people including women and children.
On Singapore's part, it is entirely against chemical weapons and the use of such force on a big scale in Syria was a "severe problem" that had to be dealt with, but in a manner consistent with international law.