DHAKA: Denmark on Tuesday said it was prepared to support ‘alternative responses’ if the UN Security Council fails to take action on Syria over its use of chemical weapons.

‘We hear from our closest allies that there is no doubt that chemical weapons have been deployed in Syria, and that Assad used chemical weapons against his own people,’ Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told TV2 News.

"This puts maximum pressure on the UN Security Council and I have to say that if the UN Security Council does not respond, we will be forced to consider alternative responses.’

Denmark would, however, ‘listen carefully’ to the UN Security Council’s assessment, she said, reports The Voice of Russia.

BDST: 1836 HRS, AUG 27, 2013
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