Stop chemistry

Russia and Iran must stop maintaining the regime of the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad and join the efforts of the world community aimed at the ban on the use of chemical weapons. This is stated in a statement by the official representative of the National Security Council of the United States Neva Price, published on the White House website.

"We decisively require all the countries and all parties that signed the Convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons, including Russia and Iran, which continue military operations in support of the Assad regime, unconditionally join these efforts and support the general aspiration of the world community to prohibit the use of chemical weapons," said Price. He noted that the military and economic support of the Syrian government "allows Assad to lead a military campaign against his own people."

Price made a statement in connection with the publication of the UN report and the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCO). It states that the Syrian authorities used toxic gas in the province of Idlib on March 16, 2015. The United States strongly condemn the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime, the representative of the National Security Council emphasized.

On August 30, the previous document of the joint mechanism of the UN and OPCO investigation was discussed at a meeting of the UN Security Council. Based on the results of the audit of the audit of nine incidents, the SMR found government forces guilty in two attacks in 2014 and 2015, the militants of the Islamic State - in one.

Russia refused to recognize the facts of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian army. The constant representative of Russia Vitaly Churkin said that the document "does not contain any names." He rejected the demand of the United States and other countries to impose sanctions against those responsible for chemical attacks in Syria. At the same time, Churkin admitted that "chlorine was most likely used."

“Already at this stage, we have a number of issues regarding the conclusions of the SMR for some incidents. The foundations given in the report are serious doubts for them. They could well be fabricated by opposition Damascus and terrorist structures, perhaps not without help from the outside,” Churkin said at the meeting.

In August 2013, after the next application by the Assada of Him weapons, the pressure on the Syrian authorities with the demand to destroy the chemical arsenal intensified. The United States warned that in case of refusal to fulfill this requirement on the positions of the Syrian government forces, a powerful blow would be dealt.

Assad, under the pressure of Moscow , agreed to get rid of chemical weapons . On September 28, 2013, the UN Security Council approved the appropriate resolution, and in early October, the destruction of the arsenal ended in January this year began.

On August 15, Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu said that in 2013, Vladimir Putin’s actions prevented the blow to Syria 624 NATO cruise missiles. “Our president,” the minister said, “managed to convince and realize the idea of ​​passing and destroying chemical weapons.”