Mr. Dennis Horak at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On February 5th, 2014. See this statement in context.

February 5th, 2014 / 4 p.m.

Director, Middle East and Maghreb Political Relations Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

I'll just say very quickly on the issue of getting the women and children out of Homs that I was in Montreux with Minister Baird and there was some discussion around it. The opposition was concerned that basically you would be clearing out women and children and declaring open season on the city for the government to attack. It was resisted by the opposition.

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