05:28Germany: Lavrov has no doubts Douma ‘chemical attack’ was staged
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there is no question that the alleged chemical attack in Syria's Douma was staged, speaking on Saturday after taking part in the Munich Security Conference.
“The fact that this moment in the [Douma] hospital was staged should raise no doubts,” Lavrov said, afte earlier this week BBC’s Syria producer, Riam Dalati, wrote in Twitter that footage of the victims of the alleged chemical attack was staged.
The Russian top diplomat also noted that countries involved in Syrian settelement “should follow the agreements, that are being developed within the Astana format” to provide the security on the Eastern bank of Euphrates and on the border between Turkey and Syria. Both Turkey and Syria should act under the “so-called Adana agreement of 1998,” he said.
Lavrov mentioned the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Japan on the possible peace treaty over the disputed Kuril Islands.
“Our Japanese neighbours have no alternative but to recognize the outcome of the World War II, including Russian sovereignty over all the Kuril Islands,” he stressed.
The minister also discussed the current situation in Venezuela, saying that the West is “trying to replace the meaning of the international law with the invention, which is called ‘the order based on rules’ instead of calling Venezuela citizens to find the solution among themselves.”
Going on to talk about Ukraine, Lavrov said that Moscow doesn’t expect "any progress in a positive direction from Kiev until the presidential elections are held.”
05:28Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there is no question that the alleged chemical attack in Syria's Douma was staged, speaking on Saturday after taking part in the Munich Security Conference.
“The fact that this moment in the [Douma] hospital was staged should raise no doubts,” Lavrov said, afte earlier this week BBC’s Syria producer, Riam Dalati, wrote in Twitter that footage of the victims of the alleged chemical attack was staged.
The Russian top diplomat also noted that countries involved in Syrian settelement “should follow the agreements, that are being developed within the Astana format” to provide the security on the Eastern bank of Euphrates and on the border between Turkey and Syria. Both Turkey and Syria should act under the “so-called Adana agreement of 1998,” he said.
Lavrov mentioned the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Japan on the possible peace treaty over the disputed Kuril Islands.
“Our Japanese neighbours have no alternative but to recognize the outcome of the World War II, including Russian sovereignty over all the Kuril Islands,” he stressed.
The minister also discussed the current situation in Venezuela, saying that the West is “trying to replace the meaning of the international law with the invention, which is called ‘the order based on rules’ instead of calling Venezuela citizens to find the solution among themselves.”
Going on to talk about Ukraine, Lavrov said that Moscow doesn’t expect "any progress in a positive direction from Kiev until the presidential elections are held.”