Russia and the US directly communicated with the Syrian authorities to obtain data on chemical weapons, said Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov. He added that Syria gave certain guarantees on chemical weapons use prior to its entry into the OPCW.
“We worked directly with the Syrians in order to also understand how safe it all is there,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with “Saturday News” program on Rossiya 1 TV channel. “The American side, perhaps, now we can say about it, also directly contacted the Syrian government to get clarification on this particular issue.”
Lavrov noted that he was not certain whether the US was in contact directly with Bashar Assad, but “they were in contact to see how safe is the storage of chemical weapons.”
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US, Russia contacted Syria directly to get chemical weapons data – Lavrov
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