Bogdanov: Moscow May Hand Over Evidence of Armed Groups’ Chemical Weapons Use to UN Today

MOSCOW- Russia may provide the UN Security Council with evidence implicating armed groups in Syria in the use of chemical weapons as early as today, Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Middle East envoy and Deputy Foreign Minister, told journalists on Thursday.

 Bogdanov said the findings might be handed over to the UN “either tonight or tomorrow.”

The Russian official expected that more visits will be made to Damascus for consultations with the Syria government on different issues relating to the crisis in Syria and on ways to launch the political solution to the crisis.

According to Bogdanov representatives from the Syrian government may also visit Moscow for more coordination.   

In another context, Bogdanov offered to bring together representatives of Syria’s numerous “opposition” groupings in an attempt to bridge the gaps between them, the Voice of Russia reported.

Bogdanov suggested Moscow as a possible platform for reconciliation meetings between representatives of Syrian “opposition” factions.

“We are open for contacts with the opposition, as well as for promoting those contacts between opposition activists,” Bogdanov said.

H. Mustafa