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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Russia says it won’t ‘shield anyone’ in chemical probe
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow has no intention to shield anyone responsible for the latest chemical attack in Syria.
Lavrov says that a United Nations chemical weapons watchdog must conduct an “objective and unbiased probe” into the chemical attack that killed dozens of people.
Speaking after several hours of talks with visiting US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, he says Russia has no intention to “shield anyone.”
But Lavrov reaffirms Russia’s view that the Syrian government wasn’t responsible for the attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in northern Syria.
Moscow has insisted that the civilians who died there were killed by toxic agents released from a rebel chemical arsenal struck by Syrian warplanes.
–AP
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