Russian offers troops to help remove Syria chemical arms

  23 September 2013    Read: 721
Russian offers troops to help remove Syria chemical arms
Russia can send its military personnel to help in the proposed operation to eliminate Syria`s chemical arms, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.
Mr Lavrov told Russian TV that military observers could help Syria destroy its stockpiles under a US-Russian deal.

He also accused the US of using "blackmail" over a UN resolution.

The international chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW, says Syria has met the deadline to submit details of its estimated 1,000-tonne chemical arsenal.

This was the first step in a deal, brokered by Russia and the United States, to eliminate the weapons by the middle of next year.

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