Canada Condemns Chemical Attacks by Assad Regime

News Release

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**December 19, 2014 -** Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement in response to the release of the final report of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) fact-finding mission in Syria:

“Canada is greatly concerned by the evidence presented in the OPCW mission’s final report on its investigation of allegations of chemical weapon use in Syria. Again, the OPCW report indicates that toxic chemicals were very likely used to cause grave harm to the Syrian people.

“The mission’s findings make it unequivocally clear that only the Assad regime could have been responsible for committing these crimes.

“Canada strongly condemns the Assad regime for such atrocities, and we will work diligently with like-minded countries and the international community to ensure that those responsible are held accountable for their criminal actions.”