Subscribe to our channel! rupt.ly/subscribe
The United States and Russia traded barbs and accusations of hypocrisy over the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' (OPCW) new ability to attribute blame for chemical weapons attacks at a meeting in the Hague on Monday.
Russia put forward a proposal to have experts scrutinise the legality of the June motion, which it opposed on the basis that the watchdog's new powers could infringe the properties of the UN Security Council. The United Kingdom accused Russia of attempting to stall the implementation of the decision and "fatally undermine" the OPCW's functionality.
US Envoy Kenneth Ward echoed these sentiments, saying: "Coming from the Russian Federation, I might be euphemistic and say ironic, but frankly it is pungent hypocrisy. What have they done for the last few years but to connive with their Syrian ally, trying to bury the truth of what has happened in Syria, alongside the dead from the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime. And as if that wasn't bad enough, Salisbury comes along."
Russian envoy Alexander Shulgin hit back at the US, accusing them of using "psychological pressure" to sway the opinions of other member states and demonise Russia.
The Syrian Arab also launched a scathing attack towards the US and their allies, accusing them of "hypocrisy, lies and hostility" and of killing hundreds of Syrian civilians in attacks in the last two months.
The meeting is the first to be held since the expulsion of four Russians accused of hacking into the OPCW's computer system by Dutch authorities.
Video ID: 20181119-011
Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv
Contact: cd@ruptly.tv
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly
Netherlands: Russia and US trade barbs over chemical weapons | |
| 466 views views | followers |
| Likes | Dislikes |
| News & Politics | Upload TimePublished on 19 Nov 2018 |
| newsela, news today, news 12, news 9, news 12 nj, newsmax, news on 6, news channel 5, newsday, newsies, news channel 9, newseum, newsweek, news 4, news india, news trump, news channel 3, news 2, news 12 long island, news4jax, ruptly youtube, ruptly wiki, ruptly live paris, ruptly flamethrower for sale, ruptly rt, ruptly france, ruptly stringer, ruptly trump, ruptly bias, ruptly helicopter, ruptly blackface, ruptly meaning, ruptly twitter, ruptly yellow vests, ruptly missile, ruptly youtube live, ruptly live france, ruptly jobs, ruptly venezuela, ruptly propaganda | |
No comments:
Post a Comment