Macron: The silence of the international community about Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons strengthened Putin’s power

French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with the American “CBS” network that the international community remained bystander, after Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons in Syria, strengthened Putin’s power.

Macron said, “The international community’s remaining bystander to the regime’s president, Bashar al-Assad’s violation of the red line set by former US President Barack Obama in 2013, after using chemical weapons in Syria, strengthened Putin’s power.

The French president added, “We have to clearly draw our red lines with Russia, it is the only way to be credible.”

On Tuesday, the French Foreign Ministry expressed its welcome to the results of the second report of the investigation and identification team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, on the chemical attack that targeted the city of Saraqib in Idlib countryside in 2018.

It explained, “The new report identifies the outcome of independent and impartial action, the identity of the perpetrators of the use of chemical weapons during the attack on the town of Saraqib in Syria on February 4, 2018, the Assad regime’s use of these weapons documented and cannot be refuted, and that France is still in a state of complete alert to ensure a response. Appropriate for these procedures. ”