French PM hits out at Dubai murder of Hamas man
2010/02/20
DAMASCUS: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Saturday condemned the assassination in Dubai of Hamas commander Mahmud al-Mabhuh, saying murder should never be part of diplomacy.
“Murder is not the way one should conduct international relations,” French Fillon said, when asked about the hit widely blamed on Israel’s Mossad spy agency.
“I don’t know all the ins and outs of the affair in Dubai. I hope that light will be shed on who did this and who did that in this murder,” Fillon said.
“France condemns this murder,” he told a press conference with his Syrian counterpart, Mohammed Naji Otri, whose government hosts exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and hosted Mabhuh before his murder.
“All murders, whoever is behind them and whoever orders them, are to be condemned.