France has demanded the convening of a meeting of the UN security Council due to the chemical attack in Syria

Jean-Marc Ayrault

The French foreign Ministry demanded an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council for use in the course of the Syrian conflict, chemical weapons. This was announced by the Minister of foreign Affairs of France Jean-Marc Ayrault, his words are reports Reuters.

“The new outrageous chemical attack occurred this morning in Idlib province. Already in the first reports it became clear that a lot of victims, including children. I condemn this heinous act,” — said the head of French of the guardian. He demanded the international community not to neglect their duties and called for ekstrennoe the UN security Council meeting.

About the “gas attack” became known earlier, on April 4: the planes dropped on the opposition controlled town of Khan shaykhun chemical munitions killed at least 58 people, injured about 200. It was reported that the affected is the saliva is a sign of chemical poisoning.

The opposition accused the air force attack the government troops. In Damascus said that the army did not use and not to use chemical weapons on the battlefield. Twitter account Conflict News published photos from the scene.

The Syrian government previously denied using chemical weapons in the civil war. However, created with the support of the UN Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) has concluded that Syrian government troops in the period from 2014 to 2015 used chlorine at least twice. Russia then said he was alarmed by the statement, however, called the report inconclusive.

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