18 Sep 2013 21:30

Damascus provides new info on opposition's involvement in chemical weapons use - Ryabkov

DAMASCUS. Sept 18 (Interfax) - Syria has provided Russian experts with additional evidence that the opposition used chemical weapons and it can be considered "very convincing," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

"There is some confusion in this regard. We received additional proof, which had been gathered and analyzed by the Syrian authorities. They consider it to be evidence of chemical weapons use by the so-called Syrian opposition in eastern Ghouta on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th," Ryabkov told reporters in Damascus on Wednesday.

"This is not news, this is not what makes headlines," Ryabkov said.