Russia Stresses Readiness to Join Efforts to Eliminate Chemical Weapons in Syria, Condemns Terrorist Acts against Syrian Civilians

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 MOSCOW – Russia decisively condemns terrorist acts against Syria’s civilians and indiscriminate strikes of Damascus’s residential quarters, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday following a recent mortar strike in Damascus, according to Itar Tass.

“The number of mortar attacks, carried out by illegal armed groups, has evidently increased,” the ministry said referring to recent mortar attacks on a school in Damascus and a bus carrying pupils that claimed the lives of a total of nine children. Other 27 people received wounds of varying severity, according to the agency.

“We decisively denounce terrorist acts against Syria’s civil population and indiscriminate attacks on Damascus’s residential areas,” the ministry said. “We have an impression that activation of extremists is targeting at disrupting in this responsible moment the preparation for convening an international conference on Syria dubbed as Geneva II before the end of the year.”

In this respect the Russian Foreign Ministry “has once again insistently called on all those, who can exert influence on militants, to do this within the framework of the international community’s collective efforts aimed at stopping violence in Syria.”

 Russia can give Syria hand with chemical weapons destruction – official

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov announced Wednesday Moscow was ready to offer the UN-based chemical arms watchdog technical and expert help with eliminating chemical weapons stockpile in Syria.

According to the Voice of Russia, Gatilov said Russia was also considering sending some $2 million worth of financial aid to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is monitoring the country’s deweaponization

“We are looking into this issue together with the OPCW. As a matter of fact, Russia is quite willing to help them out with technical advice, experts and even financially,” the deputy foreign policy chief said.

H. Mustafa

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