OPCW Experts Poorly Handle Evidence Collected In Syria - Russian Envoy To OPCW

OPCW Experts Poorly Handle Evidence Collected in Syria - Russian Envoy to OPCW

The experts from the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission in Syria grossly violate the chain of custody procedures, Russian envoy to the the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Alexander Shulgin said Friday.

PARIS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 12th October, 2018) The experts from the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission in Syria grossly violate the chain of custody procedures, Russian envoy to the the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Alexander Shulgin said Friday.

"Of course, the mission is doing a poor job: it does not go to the scenes of incidents; it is content with remote investigation, it draws its conclusions mainly on the basis of materials from social networks, as well as data provided by various biased NGOs and the Syrian opposition," Shulgin said in a statement obtained by Sputnik.

"In their work, the staff of the mission grossly violates the established sequence of actions while ensuring the preservation of physical evidence - the chain of custody. At the same time, the data provided by the Syrian government and the Russian military are practically not considered," he added.