U.S. calls on Syria to ‘stand down’ from presidency of UN disarmament forum, asks Russia for help

GENEVA, May 25, 2018 – The U.S. called on Russia to pressure Syria to “stand down” from the presidency of the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament which the Assad regime is scheduled to take over on Monday despite allegedly carrying out numerous deadly chemical weapons attacks. UN chief Antonio Guterres, speaking on disarmament yesterday in Geneva, expressed the hope that Syria’s presidency won’t have a “negative impact” on the 65-nation forum which produced the treaty banning chemical weapons. America’s bid to block the Assad regime came in a meeting this…

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