LONDON
British Foreign Secretary Willam Hague stated the technical details in the report of UN inspectors show that the Syrian regime is the only party using chemical weapons near capital Damascus on 21 August.
Hague drew attentions to the UN inspectors who were not asked to determine culpability of the August 21 attack yet added, "From the wealth of technical detail in the report --including on the scale of the attack, the consistency of sample test results from separate laboratories, witness statements, and information on the munitions used and their trajectories -- it is abundantly clear that the Syrian regime is the only party that could have been responsible for using chemical weapons on 21 August. Nothing in the UN report contradicts the conclusions of the Joint Intelligence Committee last month: on the contrary, the new evidence increases our confidence that the regime was to blame."
Furthermore, the British foreign secretary stressed, it was vital that all parties acknowledge the clear findings of the report and cooperate to ensure that Syria’s chemical weapons were secured and destroyed in a verifiable manner without further delay.
"It is now a high priority to secure a decision at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to endorse the US-Russian agreement in Geneva, followed immediately by a United Nations Security Council resolution creating a binding commitment for the regime to give up its chemical weapons within a specific time frame and to credibly, reliably and promptly place them under international control for destruction," expressed William Hague.
UK's top diplomat highlighted that they would continue doing everything they can to stop the bloodshed in Syria. "Our goal remains to convene a second Geneva conference to bring all sides together to agree a political solution to the conflict and we will work with international partners including Russia on bringing that about as soon as possible”.
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