Russian foreign minister accuses U.S. of double standard on Syria
September 3, 2013
MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Washington of applying a double standard in its approach to Syria and said its evidence that President Bashar Assad‘s regime used chemical weapons is unconvincing.
“It is very odd to hear … my good friend, U.S. State Secretary John Kerry, claiming that the U.S. side presented Russians with irrefutable evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria,” Lavrov told students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations on Monday. “We were shown some data which contained nothing concrete: neither geographical coordinates, nor names nor proof that the probes were taken by professionals.”
Lavrov said the United States used a double standard in dealing with Syria and the Middle East in general.