Alwaght- Russia says it has "irrefutable" evidence that the recent chemical attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus was staged-managed with the help of a foreign spy agencies.
"We have irrefutable evidence that this was another staged event, and that the secret services of a certain state that is now at the forefront of a Russophobic campaign was involved in this staged event," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a press conference with his Dutch counterpart Stef Blok in Moscow on Friday.
The Russian foreign minister further warned against any adventurous measure in Syria and expressed hope that the experience of Libya and Iraq would not be repeated in the Syrian conflict.
"God forbid anything adventurous will be done in Syria following the Libyan and Iraqi experience," Lavrov said.
He said that even the smallest miscalculation in Syria could "lead to new waves of migrants to Europe and a lot of other developments that aren't at all needed, either by us or our European neighbors, and can only gratify those who are protected by an ocean."
The top Russian diplomat noted that his country is using channels of communications with the United States on Syria.
The April 7 attack in the militant-held town of Douma in the Eastern Ghouta region left dozens dead and drew international condemnation from various countries and international bodies.
Immediately after the attack, the United States and its allies rushed to accuse the Syrian government of conducting it. However, in a statement, the Syrian government has denied the allegations, saying such claims were aimed at halting Syrian forces' advances in the region and were made by the terrorists themselves.
Meanwhile, Russian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov has warned that Russia would respond to any US military strike flowing from a false flag chemical weapons attack blamed on the Syrian government and Russia. Speaking at a press briefing on March 13, Gerasimov warned that the Russian defense ministry had obtained "reliable information" about plans by terrorists in Eastern Ghouta to launch a false chemical attack on civilians in the region and blame it on the Syrian government.
