A report by U.N. inspectors who investigated an 21 August chemical weapons attack in Syria leaves no doubt about the responsibility of President Bashar al-Assad's government, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.
"When you look at the amount of sarin gas used, the vectors, the techniques behind such an attack, as well as other aspects, it seems to leave no doubt that the [Assad] regime is behind it," Fabius told journalists after a meeting with his Russian counterpart in Moscow.
Lavrov, maintaining his country's staunch support for its ally, Assad, said Russia still suspects an August 21 poison gas attack in Syria was a provocation by rebel forces, arguing that the UN report does not answer all of its questions about the attack.
The alleged attack on Ghouta village in August came as civil war between Assad's forces and rebel groups demanding his removal continued for more than two years. The alleged attack had prompted calls for military intvervention by a number of Western led by the U.S., which later backtracked on the move pending lawmakers' approval.
