France calls for 'complete halt' to Syria arms sales

June 13 2012 14:34:41

France calls for 'complete halt' to Syria arms sales

PARIS - Agence France-Presse

French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius. ABACAPRESS Photo

France called for a complete halt to arms sales to Syria today amid growing Western criticism of Russian weapons exports to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

"We are calling for a complete halt to arms exports to the Syrian regime," French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said, after the United States accused Moscow of supplying the regime with attack helicopters.

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