Сирийская Арабская Республика
Press Release
On the 10th of April the Syrian Arab Republic has officially conveyed to the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW its proposal to immediately launch the investigation of the alleged incident with chemical weapons in Douma on the 7th of April, 2018 and to deploy there the experts of the OPCW.
The Russian Federation expresses its full support to the Syrian proposal. The Permanent Representation has also informed the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW that the Russian Federation is fully committed to provide all necessary assistance for the successful work of the Fact-finding Mission of the OPCW (FFM) in Syria, to ensure safety and security of the Mission.
Due to rapid escalation of the situation the Russian Federation calls upon the Technical Secretariat to send urgently experts of the FFM to Syria to clarify all the details of the incident.
Any delay of such inspection will play on the side of those seeking to use rumors about the incident as a Casus Belli for their irresponsible actions in Syria thus pursuing their geopolitical interests.
We expect that the Technical Secretariat in such extraordinary difficult situation will show the will to act in line with its renowned name and will fulfill its mandate in strict accordance with the CWC’s norms.