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Syria crisis: France, US and UK want 'strong' UN resolution

France, Britain and the US will seek a "robust" UN resolution for Syria's removal of chemical weapons, French President Francois Hollande says.

In a deal brokered by Russia and the US, Syria has agreed to reveal its stockpile within a week and eliminate the chemical arsenal by mid-2014.

If it fails to comply, the deal could be enforced by a UN resolution with the use of force as a last resort.

The US had threatened strikes on Syria over a chemical attack in Damascus.

President Bashar al-Assad's government denies having carried out the attack on 21 August and blames rebels fighters instead.

Mr Hollande and his foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, held talks on Syria with British Foreign Secretary William Hague and US Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris on Monday.

The foreign ministers are due to make a public announcement.

Syria recently agreed to join the global Chemical Weapons Convention, and the UN said it would come under the treaty from 14 October.


Source: BBC 

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