04-12-2017, 12:44 PM
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A few hours ago...
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1:59 p.m. As the conference opened up to questions, Tillerson said it is ?conclusive? that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad?s regime is behind the chemical attack.
But Lavrov said Russia ?insists? there be an investigation.
?As for the investigation into the incident, there is a fact-finding mission of the OPCW, there is also a joint mechanism for an investigation set out together by the OPCW and the United nations,? Lavrov said.
... Syria Chemical Attack: Russia wants ?frank investigation?
1:40 p.m. Lavrov called the talks between Tillerson and himself ?constructive.? Lavrov said they have ?touched on? the chemical gas attack that took place in Syria last week, and the ensuing U.S. missile strike on a Syrian airbase.
?We have stated our position on many occasions,? Lavrov said, saying Russia wants a ?frank investigation? of the chemical attack by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
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