Paris, City, Rabi'I 13, 1433, Feb 5, 2012, SPA - France on Sunday condemned the veto by Russia and China of a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have backed an Arab League plan to bring peace in Syria. "They are preventing... intervention by the Security Council to bring a peaceful solution to this tragedy. These two countries bear a dreadful responsibility in the eyes of the world and of the Syrian people," Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said. He said France would redouble its efforts and promised "new initiatives" to support the Syrians in their just fight for liberty. He said the Arab League peace proposal was the only way out of the Syrian impasse, according to a report of the German Press Agency "DPA". --SPA 14:27 LOCAL TIME 11:27 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/967215