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Sat Apr 27, 2013, 04:57 PM Apr 2013

Syrian Opposition Rejects Russian Chemical Weapons Experts

DUBAI, April 27 (RIA Novosti) - The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces spoke against Russian experts investigating a possible use of chemical weapons in the country.

Last month, the Syrian government and rebels accused each other of using chemical weapons in an incident in Khan al-Assal in Aleppo province.

According to the coalition, Russia “is the main supplier of standard and strategic weapons to the Syrian regime as well as its main political guarantor of staying in power.”

“This is why Russia has no status enabling it to conduct a just and unbiased criminal investigation,” the coalition said in a statement.

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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130427/180872743/Syrian-Opposition-Rejects-Russian-Chemical-Weapons-Experts.html


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