Russia's Vladimir Putin challenges US on Syria claims
BBC News – August 31, 2013
Russian
President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence
that Syria attacked rebels with chemical weapons near Damascus.
Mr Putin
said it would be "utter nonsense" for Syria's government to provoke
opponents with such attacks.
Speaking to
journalists in the Russian far-eastern city of Vladivostok, Mr Putin urged Mr
Obama - as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate - to think about future victims in
Syria before using force.
He said that
the US failure to present evidence to the international community was
"simply disrespectful".
"If
there is evidence it should be shown. If it is not shown, then there isn't
any," he said.
Russia - a
key ally of Syria - has previously warned that "any unilateral military
action bypassing the UN Security Council" would be a "direct
violation of international law".
Moscow,
along with China, has vetoed two previous draft resolutions on Syria.
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