Russia calls Syria chemical use claim 'provocation'
Last modified: 21 Aug 2013 18:25
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Russia has called the Syrian opposition claims of Assad's regime launching a
chemical weapons attack that killed more than 1,300 people a "premeditated
provocation."
The foreign ministry stressed that the reports were issued just as a UN
chemical weapons inspection team had arrived in Syria and noted that "this
makes us think that we are once again dealing with a premeditated provocation."
The foreign ministry said the claims were first reported "by partisan regional
media all at once, as if by command" and argued that previous such reports had
proven false.
Moscow has defended Assad's regime throughout the conflict and only accused his
opponents of using chemical arms. The Russian ministry statement said the
opposition appeared to be trying to undermine the chances of all sides agreeing
to sit down for peace negotiations first mooted by Moscow and Washington in May.
Russia added that it was now "important to conduct an objective and
professional investigation into what occurred."
[AFP]
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