French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday his government would press the European Union to impose sanctions against Libya, where according to a senior French official "crimes against humanity" are being committed by Moamer Gaddafi's regime, DPA reported.
Sarkozy also threatened to suspend economic relations with Libya, a statement from his office said.
The president said France would "propose to our European Union partners the quick adoption of concrete sanctions so that all those who are implicated in the current violence know that they have to assume the consequences of their acts."
The proposed measures would include making those responsible for the violence face justice, barring their access to EU territory and monitoring their financial transactions, he said.
France also called for the "suspension of economic, trade and financial relations with Libya" to be examined, Sarkozy said.
Sarkozy's advisor, Jean-David Levitte, separately told reporters that those responsible for "crimes against humanity" should face international justice.
Levitte however ruled out a military intervention to end what he termed as "massacres."
EU foreign ministers met in Brussels earlier this week and condemned the bloody crackdown, but stopped short of imposing sanctions on Libya.
EU foreign ministers are next scheduled to meet on March 21, while the bloc's heads of state and government are due to hold their regular spring summit on March 24-25.
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