France still working in UN framework on Syria

France is willing to consider all options for resolving the crisis in Syria but only within the framework of the United Nations Security Council, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Asked about comments by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, on Wednesday suggesting that member states may end up having to act independently if the Council does not swift action to end the crisis, the ministry said that special envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan was a last chance solution. (Reuters)