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RUSSIA TO HELP GUARD SYRIAN WEAPONS DESTRUCTION
Politico.com
September 26, 2013 Thursday 6:53 AM EST
MOSCOW -- Russia says it is ready to help ensure security for the
destruction of Syria's chemical weapons.
Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
confirming that Russia would help guard the facilities where the
weapons are being destroyed.
Ryabkov, speaking Thursday during an arms exhibition in Nizhny Tagil,
said he hoped that other members of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization would also participate. The organization includes Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
U.N. inspectors returned to Syria on Wednesday to continue
investigating three incidents of suspected chemical weapons use
this year.
The U.S. and its allies accuse the Syrian government of carrying out
an attack near Damascus on Aug. 21 that killed hundreds of people.
Syria and Russia blame the rebels for the attack.
Politico.com
September 26, 2013 Thursday 6:53 AM EST
MOSCOW -- Russia says it is ready to help ensure security for the
destruction of Syria's chemical weapons.
Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
confirming that Russia would help guard the facilities where the
weapons are being destroyed.
Ryabkov, speaking Thursday during an arms exhibition in Nizhny Tagil,
said he hoped that other members of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization would also participate. The organization includes Armenia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
U.N. inspectors returned to Syria on Wednesday to continue
investigating three incidents of suspected chemical weapons use
this year.
The U.S. and its allies accuse the Syrian government of carrying out
an attack near Damascus on Aug. 21 that killed hundreds of people.
Syria and Russia blame the rebels for the attack.