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Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also said Wednesday that Syria has provided new evidence revealing that rebels were the ones who carried out the deadly attack last month outside Damascus. His remarks came a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also questioned the U.N. report, saying there are "serious grounds to believe" the incident was a provocation carried out by the rebel side. Asked about the Russian criticisms, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky called the findings in the report "indisputable." He said "they speak for themselves and this was a thoroughly objective report on that specific incident."
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (CR) meets Russian deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov (CL) in Damascus
Western countries and human rights groups said the findings, presented earlier this week, implicated the Syrian regime in using sarin for that attack. They cited the report's detailed annexes on the types of weapons used, their trajectories and the amount of gas they carried. Despite their disagreement on the report, Russia, China, France, Britain and the United States have agreed to work toward a United Nations resolution governing the removal of Syria's chemical arsenal.
Diplomats from those countries, which make up the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, are due to gather again Wednesday to discuss the proposed resolution. Their main roadblock is whether to include the threat of military action to enforce the measure, which Russia and China have opposed. Syria's deputy foreign minister said his government is confident the United Nations will not adopt the resolution under Chapter VII, which could allow the use of force if Damascus does not uphold the disarmament plan.
Debris is seen on the ground after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the al-Myassar neighborhood of Aleppo
Also Wednesday, chief U.N. chemical weapons inspector Ake Sellstrom said his team will return to Syria "within weeks" to follow up on several more allegations of chemical weapons use. Sellstrom, head of the inspection team that went to Syria last month, said the group will evaluate "allegations of chemical weapons use from both sides, but perhaps mainly from the Syrian government's side." He said there are 13 or 14 alleged incidents that "have to be investigated," adding that inspectors would not be addressing the question of who was responsible for the August 21 gas attack in which the United States claims more than 1,400 people died.
Russia Denounces UN Chemical Report on Syria
OP- You're out of your tiny brainwashed little minds, fecking commies now LOL...
Assad had absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose if he launched this chemical weapon attack.
Think about the timing. A chemical weapon attack on a suburb of Damascus at the same time the UN Inspectors were there to investigate previous chemical weapon attacks.
Bear in mind, Assad had invited the UN Inspectors to Syria to hopefully clear his name in the other attacks.
The *cough* rebels aka paid terrorists on the other hand had everything to gain in the form of American military strikes to weaken Assad for them.
Assad had absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose if he launched this chemical weapon attack.
Think about the timing. A chemical weapon attack on a suburb of Damascus at the same time the UN Inspectors were there to investigate previous chemical weapon attacks.
Bear in mind, Assad had invited the UN Inspectors to Syria to hopefully clear his name in the other attacks.
The *cough* rebels aka paid terrorists on the other hand had everything to gain in the form of American military strikes to weaken Assad for them.
You guys hate Obama so much and you love Putin so much that you will believe anything. It really is amazing. Figure this one out. German intelligence stated that they do not believe Assad himself is behind the attacks because they have intercepted transmissions where he has denied his military the use of these chemical weapons. In other words, there is plenty of evidence that people in Assad's military wanted to use chemical weapons and Assad said no. Now just based on that, does it make sense that the rebels got hold of these chemical weapons and used them on their own people when in fact we know that Assad's military leaders were chomping at the bit to use them even though Assad said no.
You guys are idiots. It is very apparent that the military used these chemical weapons with or without the authorization from Assad to do so. At this point, I'm not even sure how much control Assad has over the military.
Assad had absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose if he launched this chemical weapon attack.
Think about the timing. A chemical weapon attack on a suburb of Damascus at the same time the UN Inspectors were there to investigate previous chemical weapon attacks.
Bear in mind, Assad had invited the UN Inspectors to Syria to hopefully clear his name in the other attacks.
The *cough* rebels aka paid terrorists on the other hand had everything to gain in the form of American military strikes to weaken Assad for them.
You guys hate Obama so much and you love Putin so much that you will believe anything. It really is amazing. Figure this one out. German intelligence stated that they do not believe Assad himself is behind the attacks because they have intercepted transmissions where he has denied his military the use of these chemical weapons. In other words, there is plenty of evidence that people in Assad's military wanted to use chemical weapons and Assad said no. Now just based on that, does it make sense that the rebels got hold of these chemical weapons and used them on their own people when in fact we know that Assad's military leaders were chomping at the bit to use them even though Assad said no.
You guys are idiots. It is very apparent that the military used these chemical weapons with or without the authorization from Assad to do so. At this point, I'm not even sure how much control Assad has over the military.
You're on the wrong side of history on this and future generations will laff at your ignorance.
