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Russia submits resolution to UN on chemical weapons attack in Syria

NOVANEWS By Adam Garrie | The Duran  Russia has tabled a UN Security Council resolution calling for a through investigation of the chemical weapons incident in Idlib Governorate. Vladimir Safronkov, Russia’s acting Ambassador to the UN who has stepped in to fill the position of the late Vitaly Churkin has said, “… we submitted our short draft resolution, drawn up in a business manner and aimed at conducting a true investigation rather than to appoint the guilty ones until the facts are established”. The Russian draft resolution proposes to, “… fully investigate the reports about the incident on the ground under the mandatory condition that the list of investigators will be submitted to the UN for approval and will be geographically balanced as well” This is in sharp contrast to the US-UK...