Syria Accepts Russian Chemical Weapons Plan -- Al Jazeera
Decision aimed at "removing grounds for US aggression" as support grows for putting arms under international scrutiny.
The Syrian government has accepted a Russian proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control to avoid a possible US military strike, Reuters reported, citing Russia's Interfax news agency.
"We held a very fruitful round of talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday, and he proposed an initiative relating to chemical weapons. And in the evening we agreed to the Russian initiative," Interfax quoted Foreign minister Walid al-Muallem as telling the speaker of Russia's lower house parliament house in Moscow on Tuesday.
He said Syria had agreed because this would "remove the grounds for American aggression," the report said.
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