Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has offered Australia's support within the United Nations for a full investigation into events in Syria. (Pic: Lyndon Mechielsen) Source: Supplied
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says the United Nations has Australia's support for an immediate investigation into the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
During a phone call to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday Mr Rudd expressed Australia's grave concern about the deteriorating situation in Syria.
They also discussed what next steps the international community should consider.
The world is calling for answers amid claims Bashar al-Assad's regime used chemical weapons to massacre up to 1300 people on the outskirts of Damascus this week.
UN weapons inspectors are in Syria but have not been given permission to investigate the latest claim.
Mr Rudd offered the UN chief Australia's support for an immediate and thorough investigation.
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian victim who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village according to SANA, receives treatment by doctors, at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/SANA) Source: AP
"Australia calls on the Syrian government to respond positively to the Secretary-General's call for co-operation and that it provide full and unfettered access to UN inspectors currently in Damascus," he said in a statement on Friday.
He said the events were "a tragedy of unspeakable proportions".
Asked earlier whether Australia would consider committing troops to a possible international intervention in Syria, the prime minister said he is taking a "calm and measured approach".
"I take this step-by-step. I'm not in the business of making chest-beating announcements," he said.
A man carries two children away from the scene of an explosion in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, early on August 7, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ABDULLAH AL-SHAM) Source: AFP
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