By its actions, the
United States is increasingly exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe in the
country, Vladimir Putin stated.
MOSCOW, April 14.
/TASS/. Russia strongly condemns the attack on Syria, Russian President
Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.
"Russia strongly
condemns the attack on Syria where Russian servicemen are helping the
legitimate government in the war on terrorism," the Kremlin press office
quoted Putin as saying.
"Through its
actions, the United States is increasingly exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe
in Syria and bringing suffering upon civilians, and actually collaborating with
terrorists who have been tormenting the Syrian people for seven years and
provoking a new wave of refugees from that country and the region as a
whole," Putin said.
According to Vladimir
Putin, the United States used a staged chemical attack against civilians to
carry out a strike.
"Once again, just
like a year ago when the US attacked the Shayrat Airbase in Syria, a staged
chemical attack against civilians was used as a pretext, this time in Douma, a
Damascus suburb. Russian military experts who visited the site of the alleged
incident found no traces of the use of chlorine or other chemical agents. Not a
single local resident confirmed that a chemical attack had taken place,"
the Kremlin press service quotes him as saying.
Source: ITAR-TASS
14-04-2018
