Russia accuses British intelligence of staging chemical attack in Syria
Moscow accused London of staging a chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma, Russia's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Alexander Shulgin, said.
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| Russian Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Mr. Alexander Shulgin. Photo: OPCW. |
Russia also did not rule out Washington's involvement in the matter, he added.
"We are not just 'confirming at a high level', as our Western partners claim, but have convincing evidence that the April 7 incident in Douma did not happen, and it was all a provocative plan by the British intelligence services, possibly with the participation of our ally Washington, to mislead the international community and justify the aggression against Syria," the diplomat said at a special session of the OPCW Executive Council in The Hague.
