06-07-2013, 11:37 AM
Moscow demands verification of alleged arms supply to Syrian opposition from Libya
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Russia has appealed to the UN Security Council committee on sanctions against Libya for initiating an inquiry into the alleged illegal arms supplies from Libya to the Syrian opposition, the Russian Foreign Ministry information and press department said in a commentary.
Russia has appealed to the UN Security Council committee on sanctions against Libya for initiating an inquiry into the alleged illegal arms supplies from Libya to the Syrian opposition, the Russian Foreign Ministry information and press department said in a commentary.
"Russia has asked the UN Security Council committee on sanctions against Libya for initiating an inquiry into the aforesaid reports. Hopefully, the committee will rapidly respond to our request and the inquiry will be objective and impartial," says the commentary published on the ministry website on Friday.
It said Moscow had been alerted by the latest reports of authoritative media outlets, the New York Times and Reuters, about illegal arms supplies to the Syrian opposition from Libya via Qatar and Turkey. The reports said the opposition was being armed with various weapons, including submachine guns, machineguns, grenade launchers and anti-tank systems.
"If these reports are correct, we are witnessing a flagrant violation of the international embargo on Libya," the commentary said.
Moscow called on countries capable of influencing Syrian developments to do their best for stopping illegal arms shipments to Syria.
UN should investigate possible breach of arms embargo on Libya - Russian Foreign Ministry
The Russian Ambassador at the United Nations has been told to urge the UN Sanctions Committee to launch a probe into likely arms supplies from Libya to Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry official spokesman, Alexander Lukashevich, has told a news briefing in Moscow.
"The problem has grown acute lately, especially because of the decisions made by Western and regional partners. As you know, there have been reports of the Western press: The situation suggests the need for interference of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee: if the mentioned facts are true, we are witnessing a flagrant breach of the embargo imposed by the UN Security Council resolution on Libya," said Alexander Lukashevich.
"Our permanent representative in New York has been instructed to make the proposal to the Committee referring to media reports that expose a whole set of problems in the observation of the embargo on arms supply to and from Libya," Lukashevich said.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
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