Russia says it will veto U.N. resolution on Syria

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Russia will not support any new sanctions against the Syrian leadership,? said Putin, an ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
It comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference Tuesday in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, that the draft resolution is ?totally inappropriate.
?"It would undermine trust in the negotiating process.
(Photo: VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO, AFP/Getty Images)Russia says it will veto a draft U.
N.
Security Council resolution to impose sanctions on 21 Syrian individuals, companies and organizations allegedly involved in chemical weapons attacks in the war-torn country.
The draft resolution follows a joint investigation by the U.
N.
and the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that said the Syrian air force and the Islamic State used chemical weapons during the 6-year-old civil war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) chats with his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev during a signing ceremony following their meeting at the Ala-Archa state residence in Bishkek on Feb.
28, 2017.