The use of chemical weapons in the Syrian city of Dumas was staged. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov on Friday, April 13. He said that Moscow has evidence of a dirty game of certain forces. "We have irrefutable evidence that this was a regular production. And to this production the special services of one state have put their hand, which now is eager to be in the forefront of the Russophobic campaign, "Lavrov stressed.. The head of Russian diplomacy expressed the hope that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will approach the issue impartially.

According to him, the mission of experts of the OPCW has already left for Syria. "We expect that without delay she will go to the Duma, where no evidence of the use of chemical weapons. Chlorine or any (material), our specialists who examined this place, did not find it, "RIA Novosti quotes Lavrov as saying. Last weekend, the United States accused Damascus of using chemical weapons in the city of Dumas, resulting in allegedly injuring hundreds of militants and civilians. Representatives of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties (CPAP) visited the Duma and found no people with poisoning, no traces of toxin. Meanwhile, Washington and its Western allies are already preparing to inflict a massive military strike against Damascus.