The Syrian Foreign Ministry has welcomed Russia's call to hand control over its chemical weapons to the international community.This was in response to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's call:"Syria Arab Republic welcomes Russia's initiative, based on the Syrian's government care about the lives of our people and security of our country," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said in response to the statement by his Russian counterpart.
We are calling on the Syrian authorities not only agree on putting chemical weapons storages under international control, but also for its further destruction and then joining the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.inspite of this congress is still in fence mode we need to give this a chance and see if all the back and forth can be rendered mute.
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21.15 pm: Syria says it accepts Russia's proposal.if these reports are real have we averted a tragedy that could lead to even bigger ones, or are we being duped and this is premature?Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem has said the country accepts Russia's proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control, Reuters reported.
In effect, this in a way could mean that Syria accepts it has chemical weapons. More details are awaited.
