Zakharova said that disinformation campaign in Western media claiming that Moscow and Damascus “block” OPCW’s team entry to Douma is unscrupulous. “Unfettered access essential”, the British delegation to the OPCW tweeted.
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The Post report states that the sanctions are under “serious consideration” but Trump is reluctant to sign off on them unless Russian Federation gives him “another triggering event” to do so.
‘A wider operation to hide the facts of the attack is under way, supported by the Russians, ‘ she said.
Separately, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the BBC, “I can guarantee that Russian Federation has not tampered with the site”. “The proof is in the punishment”.
She went on to warn that the longer the OPCW inspectors were kept away from the site, the further any evidence would deteriorate.
Ward said during his speech that the OPCW condemns the Syrian authorities for using chemical terrorism.
The Trump administration has signalled that it will impose new sanctions as soon as this week on Russian Federation for supporting the Syrian regime as it allegedly conducted a deadly chemical attack against its own people. Both Syria, which denies any chemical use, and Russian Federation, which provides military support to the Syrian government, have reacted against the action.
An global chemical weapons watchdog says its fact-finding team is being barred from reaching the site of an alleged gas attack in Syria.
The missiles that US, French and British warships fired on suspected chemical facilities on Saturday constituted the biggest Western attack against the Syrian regime in the seven-year war to topple President Bashar al-Assad. The move was part of a joint Russian-U.S. deal that averted military action threatened by then-president Barack Obama.
The French ambassador said priority must be given to boosting the work of the world’s chemical arms watchdog so it can dismantle Syria’s “secret” toxic weapons program.
An official close to the Syrian government said the United Nations security team had been met by protesters demonstrating against the USA -led strikes, but did not mention any shooting. “We consider that as a clumsy attempt to cushion the blow in case it turns out that they have lied about what had actually happened”.
OPCW Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu told a closed-door meeting of his organization that it remains unclear when the team will be able to deploy to Douma, U.K. Ambassador Peter Wilson told reporters in The Hague.
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Russia’s demand for condemnation and a halt to “aggression” and “any further use of force” by the three Western allies got support from only two other countries on the 15-member Security Council – China and Bolivia.
