UK to Push for UN Resolution Against Syria Chemical Attacks Perpetrators

© REUTERS / Andrew Matthews/PoolBritain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign Office in London, July 14, 2016
Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign Office in London, July 14, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The United Kingdom and its partners will push for a UN resolution condemning those behind chemical attacks in Syria, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Thursday.

Syrian men walk past a poster bearing a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus, on February 27, 2016, as the first major ceasefire of the five-year war takes hold and an international task force prepares to begin monitoring the landmark truce - Sputnik International
Report on Syrian Chemical Attacks 'Part of PR Campaign to Demonize Assad'
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Wednesday, the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released the results of a joint probe into chemical weapons attacks in Syria in 2014 and 2015 that said the Syrian government was allegedly involved in two and the Islamic State jihadist group, outlawed in Russia, in one attack.

"The UK and our international partners will work hard to secure a UN resolution to condemn those in Syria for using chemical weapons, to reinforce our commitment to punish those responsible and to prevent any further use," Johnson said in a statement.

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