Summary New Zealand says it needs more information to take final decision.
WELLINGTON (AP) Australia is offering moral support for a US military strike in Syria while New Zealand says it needs more information after US Secretary of State John Kerry personally called each country s foreign minister.
Kerry has been trying to secure at least some international support for a potential U.S. strike after accusing the Syrian government of launching a chemical weapons attack.
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr s spokesman Patrick Low said Monday that Kerry called last week and that Australia supports the U.S. taking action. He said Kerry didn t ask for military assistance and Australia didn t offer it.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Kerry called Foreign Minister Murray McCully over the weekend and that New Zealand wants to assess all steps taken ahead of a strike before stating its position.
