UN Security Council cancels meeting on Syria
Source: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council has canceled a meeting on a resolution aimed at securing and destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles.
The closed consultations had been scheduled for 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) Tuesday. Australian Ambassador Gary Guinlan says in a Twitter message that the meeting was canceled "following withdrawal of the request for consultations."
Council diplomats said Russia asked for the meeting and then withdrew its request. There were no other details.
The Syrian government has accepted a proposal from Russia, its most powerful ally, to give up its chemical weapons stockpile. France has announced that it plans to introduce a Security Council resolution to ensure international verification of the disarmament.
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dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)the joke French one.
Bosonic
(3,746 posts)US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Geneva on Thursday to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss the Syria crisis, a US official told AFP.
The news came shortly after Kerry spoke by telephone with Lavrov seeking details of a Russian proposal to neutralize Syria's chemical weapons stock by putting it under international control.
http://news.yahoo.com/russias-syria-arms-plan-wins-cautious-welcome-084212614.html;_ylt=A2KLOzHnfi9S_ygAQ1PQtDMD
another_liberal
(8,821 posts)The ball is in President Obama's court. What the hell is he going to tell us?
B2G
(9,766 posts)another_liberal
(8,821 posts)I guess I'll listen to my sentence being handed down. (sigh)