MOSCOW. Nov 17 (Interfax) - Moscow stands ready for further consultations on resuming the work of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism for chemical incidents in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
"All responsibility for the termination of the JIV's work rests with Washington and the UN Security Council member states that supported it," the ministry said.
"Russia stands ready for consultations to overcome the current situation," it said.
"We presume that the resumption of the operations of the institution investigating instances of the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be justified and even necessary only if proper lessons are drawn from the negative record of the Mechanism's work and if it is significantly reinforced," it said.