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Xinhua: Russia advocates broader UN presence in Syria

Published April 21, 2018 at 11:45 am

A United Nations vehicle is seen outside the hotel where the international experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are staying in Damascus on April 18, 2018. International investigators were awaiting the green light from a UN security team to begin work in a Syrian town hit by an alleged chemical attack, after delays and warnings by Western powers that crucial evidence had likely been removed. / AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA

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Building up the presence of the United Nations (UN) in Syria deserves attention as it will help collect reliable information, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on April 20.

Russia cannot accept the situation that UN agencies produce reports and statements based on information from other sources than UN’s own ones, he said at a joint press conference following talks with visiting UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura.