Slovenia calls for political solution, not attacks, for Syria

LJUBLJANA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec said Thursday he did not think a U.S. military intervention in Syria would improve the situation in the country, and called for a diplomatic and political solution.

According to the Slovenian Press Agency STA, the minister expressed his "grave concern" in a statement to the nation's media in the wake of the U.S. military attacks on some Syrian targets.

The minister said that a potential military response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria would "only escalate the tensions, in particular between the United States and Russia, and between Saudi Arabia and Iran."

He noted that due to the crisis in Syria, French Foreign Mminister Jean-Yves Le Drian cancelled his working visit to Slovenia scheduled for Friday and Saturday.

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Wednesday of a military strike on targets in Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, which the West blames on Syrian President Bashar al Assad, said the STA. Enditem