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French President Francois Hollande says UN resolution on Syria resolution could take place by the end of next week, media said on Sunday.
The UN resolution must include possibility of sanction if Syria does not comply with Russia-U.S. framework, Hollande was quoted as saying.
The French president made the remarks on a live TV program of TF1, saying that the option of a military intervention must remain on the table.
Mentioning the U.S.-Russian pact reached over the weekend to eradicate Syria's chemical arms stockpiles, Hollande said that it is an "important step" instead of "an end point."
A meeting with French, American and British foreign ministers was scheduled on Monday to discuss ways of its implementation.
"A response was necessary. This drama had lasted too long and could not be accepted...The next step consisted in voting a U.N. resolution and find a political solution which can be reached during the U.N. meeting at the end of September," Hollande said in the TV interview.
Speaking to the private TV channel TF1, the president pointed that "the military option must remain on table. If not, there will be no constraint (to negotiate)."
Asked about Paris position on U.S. and Russia agreement on Syrian chemical arm, while welcoming the deal,the French head of state urged a resolution including sanctions aimed at forcing the Syrian regime to comply its commitments.
After three days of intense negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov reached agreement Saturday on a framework to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 and impose UN penalties if the Bashar al-Assad government fails to respect the accord.
According to the framework, Syria must submit a "comprehensive listing" of its chemical weapons stockpiles within one week, and weapons inspectors must be on the ground in Syria by November.
