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1st LD: Russia terms new report on use of chemical weapons in Syria as "unconvincing"

Xinhua, October 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

Russia on Thursday described the latest report by the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) in Syria as "unconvincing," saying that the report is "not substantiated by sufficient testimonial basis "

Vitaly Churkin, the Russian permanent representative to the United Nations, made the statement at a closed meeting of the UN Security Council to consider the fourth report of the JIM.

"We can say already now that in most cases they are not substantiated by sufficient testimonial basis, first of all material proof, they are full of contradictions and therefore, unconvincing," Churkin said.

The OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) in Syria was established after the United Nations Security Council in August 2015, unanimously adopted resolution 2235, aimed at identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria. OPCW stands for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an international organization based in The Hague. Enditem