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U.S. Department of State: We have no doubt that Syrian plane had serious military equipment

13 October 2012 11:45 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov â€“ APA. The United States has denounced Russia’s policy of aiding the Syrian regime as "morally bankrupt" after a plane intercepted by Turkey was said to have been caught carrying suspect cargo, APA reports quoting Agence France Presse.

Nuland acknowledged yesterday, that Russia had not violated any embargo on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, but said "the policy’s still morally bankrupt." "Everybody else on the Security Council is doing what it can unilaterally to ensure that the Assad regime is not getting support from the outside," she said.

US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Washington had been given "a pretty comprehensive accounting from the Turkish side of precisely what they found." She refused to disclose to reporters what exactly had been in the cargo, but said "we have no doubt that this was serious military equipment."