"The multitude of accusations, made in some Western circles without any tangible evidence, as to the responsibility of the Syrian government in cases of use of toxic chemicals are but a part of a coordinated and repeated campaign of lies," Syria's deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad said.
He was speaking at the annual conference of countries belonging to the Chemical Weapons Convention, an arms treaty that bounds all its member states to help rid the world of chemical weapons.
Both the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State group have been accused of unleashing toxic arms during the conflict.
A panel set up by the UN, known as the Joint Investigative Mechanism, has already determined during a year-long probe that Syrian government forces carried out three chlorine gas attacks on villages in 2014 and 2015.
Also Read
It was the first time that an international inquiry pointed the finger of blame at Assad and his forces, after years of denial from Damascus since the start of the civil war.
But Mekdad today disputed the JIM's findings, saying its reports were made on "the basis of inaccurate and unconvincing findings" which "undermines the credibility of the OPCW".
The world should instead be concerned about stopping terror groups like IS from making and using chemical weapons, Mekdad added.
Speaking at the start of the five-day conference in The Hague, OPCW chief Ahmet Uzumcu however stressed that "gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies" remain in Syria's statements about its own chemical weapons programme.
Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content