The United Nations-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons joint investigative mechanism’s (JIM) head said that probe into chemical attacks in Syria came under pressure by UN Security Council.

JIM’s head Edmond Mulet told Sputnik on Tuesday that countries should act in a united front to stop such incidents as the use of chemical weapons from happening instead of using the chemical files for their own political gains, stressing that attempts to influence the Mechanism’s work has come from direct contact with Council members.

“We are pulled from one side and then from the other, telling us how to do our business. If you don’t do it this way you have no credibility, if you don’t follow our instructions because we are a member of the P5 [Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council] then we will not accept your conclusions,” Mulet said.

On October 26 JIM presented its report on the probe to the Security Council. According to the document, the Syrian government for the April 4 sarin attack. The panel also blamed the ISIL terror group for using sulfur mustard in Syria in September 2016.

Commenting on the report, Edmond Mulet told Sputnik that visiting the site of the Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack could bring some additional value, but evidence collected by the JIM is solid and corroborated.

“We are very confident in the two cases [Khan Sheikhoun and Umm Hawsh]. It would have been some value going there but nothing that would really determine or change all the elements that we already have,” Mulet said.

Mulet has also responded to Moscow’s calls to conduct an on-site investigation, as the JIM probe lacks answers to key questions, saying that the situation in Khan Sheikhoun was and still remains very difficult, with a number of military clashes there. He added that he did not think anybody from his team would volunteer to go there, nor would it really be necessary in light of evidence received by the Mechanism.

Source: Sputnik