BEIRUT: The United Nations and Syria said yesterday that negotiations between Damascus and the UN chemical weapons investigator were “productive”, but did not say if his team would be allowed to probe allegations that such weapons had been used in the country’s civil war.
Ake Sellstrom’s full team has not been allowed into Syria due to diplomatic wrangling over access. His mission this week was to prepare the ground for an investigation.
Sellstrom met Foreign Minister Walid Al Moualem, and a joint UN-Syrian statement said “discussions were thorough and productive and led to an agreement on the way forward.” It did not say if the agreement included access for Sellstrom’s team.
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