UN Security Council puts reliable barrier to new chemical attacks in Syria

UN Security Council that has adopted a resolution on exposing those guilty of chemical attacks in Syria has put up a powerful barrier to the repetition of such incidents in that country, Vitaly Churkin, the Russian ambassador to the UN said on Friday.

"We proceed for the assumption today's decision has a preventive character, in the first place, and it will put up a reliable barrier to the use of of toxic chemicals as a weapon in Syria in the future," he said.

Russia hopes that a joint investigative mission, being set up by the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will do its work in a professionally and unbiased manner, Churkin said.
   [TASS]
7/8/15 
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