France Will Wait For UN Inspectors' Syria Report Before Deciding On Strike, Hollande Says

France Will Wait For UN Report Before Deciding On Syria Strike
French President Francois Hollande speaks during a media conference after a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. World leaders discussed Syria's civil war at the summit but looked no closer to agreeing on international military intervention to stop it. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
French President Francois Hollande speaks during a media conference after a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. World leaders discussed Syria's civil war at the summit but looked no closer to agreeing on international military intervention to stop it. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 6 (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande said on Friday France would await the conclusions of U.N. inspectors investigating last month's chemical weapon attack in Syria before deciding on any action.

"We shall await the report of the inspectors just as we will await (U.S.) Congress," he told a a news conference after a summit of G20 nations in Russia's St. Petersburg, referring to an expected U.S. vote on military strikes. (Writing by John Irish; editing by Mark John)

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