By George Gao
NEW YORK - When US President Barack Obama tried to drum up momentum for airstrikes in Syria to punish and deter the use of chemical weapons, he failed to gain much of a following.
At this month's Group of 20 summit in St Petersburg - which featured leaders from 20 of the world's top economies - the US proposed a statement to condemn Syria's use of chemical weapons. But over half the other participants - from the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), the European Union, Argentina, Indonesia, Mexico and Germany - chose not to sign.
NEW YORK - When US President Barack Obama tried to drum up momentum for airstrikes in Syria to punish and deter the use of chemical weapons, he failed to gain much of a following.
At this month's Group of 20 summit in St Petersburg - which featured leaders from 20 of the world's top economies - the US proposed a statement to condemn Syria's use of chemical weapons. But over half the other participants - from the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), the European Union, Argentina, Indonesia, Mexico and Germany - chose not to sign.
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