Syria Says Chemical Weapons Claims ‘Barefaced Lie’ [View all]
US and British accusations that the regime in Damascus may have used chemical weapons are a barefaced lie, Syrias information minister told Russian television Saturday.
First of all, I want to confirm that statements by the US Secretary of State and British government are inconsistent with reality and a barefaced lie, Omran al-Zohbi said in an interview published on the Kremlin-funded RTs website.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon has called on Syria to approve a UN mission of inspectors to probe the alleged use of chemical weapons in the spiralling two-year conflict.
But Zohbi told RT that the Syrian government could not trust UN inspectors from Britain and the US. We do not trust the American and British experts from a political point of view, Zobhi said. We also do not trust their qualifications. Their aim is to juggle with facts.
He added that the Syrian government would accept Russian inspectors.
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