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Assad govt warns West military intervention in Syria

Zoubi Went On To Deny That Syria Had Admitted It Had Chemical Weapons, Despite A Statement By The Foreign Ministry Last Month, Which Apparently Confirm They Existed.

By : Aman Dwivedi | Updated on: 14 Sep 2014, 06:45:34 PM

London:

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government has warned Western nations against any military intervention in the nation, saying that coming to the country ‘is not a picnic’.

“Coming to Syria is not a picnic. But Syria does not want a war with anyone,” Sky News quoted Information Minister Omran Al Zoubi, as saying.

His comments came after Britain and the US said they were drawing up plans to safeguard Syria’s chemical weapons if they are in danger of falling into terrorist groups’ hands as the civil war continues.

According to the report, Zoubi went on to deny that Syria had admitted it had chemical weapons, despite a statement by the Foreign Ministry last month, which apparently confirm they existed.

“No, the statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been misquoted. The statement said if we had those chemical weapons we would not use them,” the report quoted him, as saying.

“Chemical weapons are like the nuclear weapons in Israel, they cannot be used in their own country or the neighbouring countries. It is a deterrent weapon. We have never said we have them,” he added.

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First Published : 14 Sep 2014, 06:39:00 PM

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