France says ‘pessimistic’ on Syria, has doubts about peace talks

[…] “In Syria, I am sadly quite pessimistic”, Laurent Fabius told delegates at the World Policy Conference in Monaco.

“We are working on the success of (the Geneva talks), but we can have a great deal of doubt on that. If sadly it isn’t successful, that would mean this martyred country will continue to suffer as will its neighbours”, Fabius said. […]