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U.S. open to Russian chemical weapons proposal
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Sep 09, 2013 11:53am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Sep 09, 2013 11:00am |
| Description | White House and State Department officials said Monday they’re open to proposals by Russia to put Syria’s stocks of chemical weapons under international control, but that such talk is no reason for the U.S. to back away from President Barack Obama’s threat of a military strike.
“We’d have to take a hard look. Any transfer of chemical weapons to international control would be a positive development,” Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said in an interview on MSNBC. “We’ve been highly skeptical to date. They have not even declared their chemical weapons stockpiles.”
Rhodes said the U.S. would “follow up” with the Russians on the point “to discuss the seriousness of the proposal,” but he noted that Russia has a record of defending the regime in Damascus. |
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