PARIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - France holds Syria
responsible for the safety of its citizens there, Foreign
Minister Alain Juppe said on Wednesday, after a French
photographer was killed in a Syrian army bombardment of a rebel
stronghold.
Juppe said that a Syrian army ceasefire in order to give
rapid access to humanitarian aid was "imperative", adding that
the response by the Syrian government to the wounding of a
second French journalist who was reportedly in danger of dying
from her wounds was insufficient.
"This situation is horrific," Juppe told reporters. "France
holds the Syrian authorities responsible and accountable for the
lives of our citizens, for the lives of our injured."
U.S. journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi
Ochlik died when 11 rockets hit a building where they were
staying, and freelance French journalist Edith Bouvier was in a
critical condition in a poorly equipped field hospital.
(Reporting by John Irish; Writing by Catherine Bremer)
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