German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday hailed as ‘invaluable’ the united European Union position urging ‘a strong response’ to a deadly chemical weapons attack blamed on Syria’s regime.
“The signal given by a united European position in the face of this abominable conflict is of invaluable importance,” her spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement. EU Foreign Ministers meeting in the lithuanian capital Vilnius on Saturday urged ‘a clear and strong response’ to the attack, saying there was ‘strong evidence that the Syrian regime is responsible’.