Syria: Western powers ‘give up on diplomatic resolution’
RUSSIA accused Western powers yesterday of abandoning talks on ending Syria’s civil war in favour of backing regime change in the country.
On Thursday, Western delegations to the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) rejected a call from Russia and Iran for a new probe into the alleged nerve gas attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun.
Speaking at a press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana yesterday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said those governments had given “no explanations” for their opposition.
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