It appears that Putin will dictate the terms of any UN Security Council Resolution calling for the collection and destruction of chemical weapons in Syria. I guess we have no real option but to accept and trust that Russia’s terms for collecting and destroying those chemical weapons will succeed.
Middle East Live reports:
“Russia is working on an effective, concrete plan for putting Syria’s chemical weapons under international control and is discussing the details with Damascus, according to the latest announcement from its foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. Lavrov also told reporters the plan would be presented to other nations soon .”
Russia’s Foreign Minister is quoted as saying that after Russia and Syria work out the details of their chemical weapons offer they will then be ready to finalize the plan together with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The Russian draft resolution will certainly be interesting to see, and time is certainly of the essence whilst those chemical weapons are not under international control.
Bob C