Russia Wants No Repeat of Iraqi Scenario in Syria

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MOSCOW— Russia does not want the scenario of US invasion in Iraq to occur in Syria and regards attempts to invent pretexts for invasions in sovereign states as unacceptable, Speaker of the Russian Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s parliament, Valentina Matvienko said on Sunday, according to Sputnik.

She pointed out that the US missile strike in Syria was a serious violation of the international law and an act of aggression against a sovereign state.

“There was an example of western coalition’s invasion in Iraq  under a far-fetched pretext of alleged existence of chemical weapons [there]. And we know what the outcome was. We do not want repeat of such scenarios and do not want [anyone] looking for such pretexts to invade sovereign states,” Matvienko told reporters.

 According to Matvienko, Russia calls for conducting a thorough investigation into the Idlib chemical incident before blaming any party to the Syrian conflict for that.

“We discussed the latest US cruise missile strike in Syria. I would like to say that Russia strongly opposes any cases of using chemical weapons but we believe that before accusing anyone, it is necessary to conduct a thorough investigation by a special organization [monitoring] deployment of chemical weapons with the participation of experts from third countries, the United Nations, with visiting the site in order to confirm the fact of usage of chemical weapons, determine, who is responsible and take strict punitive measures,” Matvienko said.

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the latest US missile strikes in Syria brought to mind the United States’ UN Security Council address in 2003 that led to the invasion of Iraq.

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