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Russia seeks UN probe into gas attack in Syria: Putin

2017-04-12 08:54:04       source:Xinhua News Agency

April 12, 2017


"Russian president Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow would demand a UN investigation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria as it expected new provocations with toxic agents in the war-torn Middle East country.


'We intend to officially address a relevant UN structure in the Hague and call on the international community to investigate thoroughly this incident, and to take a balanced decision depending on the results of the investigation,' Putin said at a joint press conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella.


A reported April 4 toxic gas attack in Syria's rebel-held Idlib Province in northwestern Syria killed at least 70 civilians and wounded scores of others."


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