14 Jun 2013 15:44

U.S., British, French experts fail to convince Russia that Syria govt used chemical weapons - ministry

MOSCOW. June 14 (Interfax) - U.S., British and French experts have failed to produce solid proof that the Syrian authorities used chemical weapons, spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich told briefing on Friday.

"We had a series of consultations on these issues at the expert level with representatives of the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and France. One should say that the references that our partners gave us about alleged instances of using chemical weapons by Syrian troops were not substantiated by convincing facts," Lukashevich said.