Turkey’s PM Erdogan: Syria has Crossed Red Line, Used Chemical Weapons (Video)

"We want the United States to assume more responsibilities and take further steps."

From Tracy Connor, NBC News:  Turkey’s prime minister is charging that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its people and has called on the U.S. to take stronger action , he told NBC News’ Ann Curry in an exclusive interview Thursday.

"It is clear the regime has used chemical weapons and missiles," Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Erdogan gave no specifics about when and where the weapons were allegedly used, but he said he believes President Obama’s "red line" for the U.S. in deciding whether to take action has been crossed.

"It has been passed long time ago," said Erdogan, who is meeting with Obama on May 16.

"We want the United States to assume more responsibilities and take further steps. And what sort of steps they will take, we are going to talk about this. . . ."

Erdogan said he could not confirm that sarin was used in Syria. "We don’t have such a finding yet," he said.   (photo: Umit Bektas/Reuters)

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