Alwaght- Russia has reiterated the need for an international probe on the Syria chemical weapons incident.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the call on Wednesday in Moscow during a joint press conference with US counterpart Rex Tillerson in Moscow. He added that failure to launch a probe would mean that the international community is not interested in establishing the truth about the matter.
The Russian foreign minister pointed out that, “I would like to stress that we are 100 percent sure that, if our colleagues in the UN or in The Hague will steer away from this investigation, it will basically mean that they do not want to find out the truth,” adding, that Russia “will insist on” launching the investigation.
Lavrov stressed that Russia also sees that the US is ready to support the idea of launching an international investigation into the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Idlib province. He noted though that any UN Security Council resolution that focused on solely blaming Damascus and not on investigating the Idlib incident would be counterproductive.
The Russian Foreign Minister went on to say that President Vladimir Putin is ready to return to implementing the memorandum of understanding on flight safety in Syria with the United States; if Washington reaffirms its commitment to the goal of fighting terrorism.
Meanwhile, despite earlier reports, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Some observers claimed this wouldn’t happen due to the tension between the two nations.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting US Secretary of State Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the Kremlin,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday evening.
Last Friday, US President Donald Trump ordered a military attack on a Syrian airbase in Homs province just a day after he accused President Bashar al-Assad for last week’s suspected chemical weapons attack, which killed at least 70 people in the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib province.
Syria has categorically rejected claims it used chemical weapons insisting that foreign-backed terrorists are the ones having stockpiles of the deadly weapons.
Alwaght- Russia has reiterated the need for an international probe on the Syria chemical weapons incident.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the call on Wednesday in Moscow during a joint press conference with US counterpart Rex Tillerson in Moscow. He added that failure to launch a probe would mean that the international community is not interested in establishing the truth about the matter.
The Russian foreign minister pointed out that, “I would like to stress that we are 100 percent sure that, if our colleagues in the UN or in The Hague will steer away from this investigation, it will basically mean that they do not want to find out the truth,” adding, that Russia “will insist on” launching the investigation.
Lavrov stressed that Russia also sees that the US is ready to support the idea of launching an international investigation into the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Idlib province. He noted though that any UN Security Council resolution that focused on solely blaming Damascus and not on investigating the Idlib incident would be counterproductive.
The Russian Foreign Minister went on to say that President Vladimir Putin is ready to return to implementing the memorandum of understanding on flight safety in Syria with the United States; if Washington reaffirms its commitment to the goal of fighting terrorism.
Meanwhile, despite earlier reports, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Some observers claimed this wouldn’t happen due to the tension between the two nations.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting US Secretary of State Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the Kremlin,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday evening.
Last Friday, US President Donald Trump ordered a military attack on a Syrian airbase in Homs province just a day after he accused President Bashar al-Assad for last week’s suspected chemical weapons attack, which killed at least 70 people in the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib province.
Syria has categorically rejected claims it used chemical weapons insisting that foreign-backed terrorists are the ones having stockpiles of the deadly weapons.
