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| Russia Urges Syria to Cooperate on U.N. Chemical Weapons Probe |
| 2013-08-24 |
| [An Nahar] Russia on Friday said it had told the Syrian government to cooperate with U.N. experts after reports of a deadly chemical weapons attack outside Damascus, adding it was now up to rebels to allow access to the area. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. counterpart John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... in a phone call that immediately after the reports first emerged the "Russian side called on the Syrian government to cooperate with the U.N. chemical experts," the foreign ministry said in a statement. "It is now up to the opposition to ensure safe access for the mission to the site of the alleged incident," it added, saying both Lavrov and Kerry agreed on the need for an "objective investigation". |
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