The United States warned Syria it may face action by governors of the United Nations nuclear watchdog if Damascus fails to give its inspectors access to the ‘remains’ of a suspected nuclear site in the desert.
The United States warned Syria on Friday it may face action by governors of the United Nations nuclear watchdog if Damascus fails to give its inspectors access to the ‘remains’ of a suspected nuclear site in the desert. U.S. intelligence reports have said it was a nascent North Korean-designed reactor geared to produce bomb fuel. Syria denies hiding nuclear work from inspectors. Glyn Davies, Washington's IAEA envoy, said in a speech posted on the U.S. mission's website on Friday it was "urgent and essential" that Syria heed UN inspectors' requests for extended access to sites, personnel and material. "Absent clear action by Syria to cooperate fully with the IAEA, we are rapidly approaching a situation where the (IAEA) board (of governors) and secretariat must consider all available measures and authorities...," he said. Davies said earlier this year that a number of countries were beginning to ask whether it was time to invoke the IAEA's "special inspection" tool to give its inspectors the authority to look anywhere necessary in Syria at short notice.US: Syria Risks IAEA Action
