In Moscow, US accusations against Syria are considered unfounded

In Moscow, they negatively regard the accusations of American leaders against Syria. "We are skeptical of Washington's accusations against Damascus," a senior source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Another Russian diplomat noted that such statements "do not contribute to normalizing the situation in Iraq and generally stabilizing the situation in the region, including Arab-Israeli settlement."

Recall that the American policies of high rank, in particular, the head of the Pentagon Donald Ramsfeld, accused Syria of covering representatives of the Saddam Hussein regime, as well as the development and possession of chemical weapons. US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday announced the possibility of imposing economic and diplomatic sanctions against Damascus in connection with this.

One of the Russian diplomatic sources noted the unfoundation of US accusations, Interfax reports. "In Washington, they say that Iraqi politicians are hiding in Syria, who are wanted by the US -British coalition, but do not indicate, no one hides or where it hides. As the Russian President Vladimir Putin said at one time, let them indicate" addresses, atonements, passwords. "Then the conversation will be completely different," the source said.

However, he pointed out, "in this regard, it is impossible not to recall the" completely accurate "data of the American side about the presence and location of weapons of mass destruction and laboratories for its production in Iraq, which were transferred to international inspectors before the start of the war in this country." “As you know, all these data were not confirmed,” the source emphasized.

Another Russian diplomat expressed a fear that the statements of the American side are the beginning of information preparation of public opinion for the new military action already addressed to Syria. “Today in Washington they say that such an action is not planned. But this is today. We do not know what will happen tomorrow,” the diplomat noted.