Moscow sees signs of preparations for intervention in Syria conflict - Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW. May 6 (Interfax) - Moscow is concerned about reports suggesting that chemical weapons are being used in Syria and views them as indications that the international community is preparing for a possible intervention in this country from the outside, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"The situation in Syria and around it has become dramatically tense in the past several days. A number of Arabic and other international media outlets have posted especially many speculations on the use of chemical weapons in the confrontation between the government forces and opposition fighters. Signs of preparing the international public opinion for the possibility of forcible intervention in the protracted internal conflict in Syria cause our serious concerns," the statement cites Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich as saying.
Lukashevich mentioned a statement by Carla del Ponte, a member of an independent commission investigating human rights abuses in Syria, saying that chemical weapons, particularly sarin, could have been used by opposition fighters rather than the government forces.
