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June 17, 2019 by Paul Fletcher

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French President Francois Hollande has called on the European Union to help his country to deal with the Syrian crisis, saying it had been a "dangerous and dangerous precedent" for the UK government to let its people go.

The prime minister said he was sorry that the EU was involved in a "dangerous situation".

EU officials are also meeting in Brussels to discuss the crisis.

But his comments were greeted with outrage by the UK government, which condemned them for intervening in the conflict.

'Rise of the Assad dynasty'

Mr Cameron, who is visiting Belgium, said: "The EU is not going to allow the EU to take over the Syrian question.

"It would be a great mistake for the EU to stand in the way of the Syrian people's aspirations.

"The British government was wrong to intervene in a tragic situation, but the EU doesn't like to interfere in the Syrian question."

Mr Hollande said the EU had been in discussions with France for several days "to develop a solution of this kind".

He said: "If we can get the people of Syria to go to the European Union, then our own political leaders would accept that."

He said the EU had been in close contact with France and had agreed in principle to help it manage the crisis.

However, Mr Cameron warned it would not take EU action when "our very own leaders would not" like to stop the country from moving forward.

Speaking after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, Mr Hollande said the EU was the only EU country that had been consulted on the Syrian crisis.

"We are aware that, at the moment, the situation in Syria has caused a great number of people to flee," he said.

"But the fact is that we need your help in this difficult situation to keep them and to make sure that they will never again return to their homes."

Image copyright Reuters Image caption French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the EU had been in "a safe position"

He said: "The European Union has been there in a safe and secure position for the country that came into power to negotiate its own policies and to address this."