On Friday, Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin said that Russia intends to prove the fact that the chemical weapons were used by the rebels and not by the government troops.
Churkin also said that the United States has found a country that is willing to provide its port for re-loading of the chemical weapons onto an American ship. He also said that Russia will provide all possible assistance for the transfer of the toxic substances from the storage site in Latakia to the port where the Syrian arsenal will be loaded onto Norwegian and British ships.
The report prepared by UN inspectors that was published yesterday says, that chemical weapons were used at least five times during the past conflicts in Syria. The report also says that those among the dead due to the attacks included soldiers of the government troops as well as civilians.
UN experts have established the use of chemical weapons in five out of the seven sites that they investigated. These include the use of the toxic substances on March 19th in Khan El – Asal, April 29th at Sarakebe, August 21st at Huta, August 24th Jobare Ashrafieh and August 25 at Shanae.
The inspectors could not confirm the use of chemical agents in the area of Sheikh Maqsood on April 13 and Bahar on August 22nd .
According to the report, the experts did not have the task of confirming the side that may have used the chemical weapons during Syria’s internal conflict.
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