Russian FM says US has preconceived position on Aleppo chemical attack

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov said the United States did not respond to the chemical attack that targeted the Syrian town of Aleppo on Saturday because Washington usually adopts preconceived positions in such cases.

Asked about Washington’s delay in commenting on the chemical attack on Aleppo despite its fast response to the attack on Khan Sheikhoun in April 2017, Lavrov said “sometimes they do not care about conducting a special investigation into what happened. They have a preconceived position of who is an acceptable extremist, and who should be targeted in efforts to change the regime”.

The Russian foreign minister’s statement came after a chemical attack on Aleppo neighbourhoods on Saturday evening. The attack led to wounding nearly 100 people.