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Syria has sought to join global anti-chemical weapons treaty as a part of the deal to avoid air strikes threatened by the US. According to Reuters, the United Nations has confirmed receiving a document from Syria on Thursday which is to be an accession document concerning the Chemical Weapons Convention. The documents are being translated, U.N. spokesman told the press. Syria is one of only seven countries not to have joined the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, which commits members to completely destroying their stockpiles.
The US had declared its intentions to strike Syria for using chemical weapons on civilians on August 21, 2013 which Assad regime blames on the rebels. However, Russian on presidents diplomatic maneuvers, Assad's government agreed to a Russian plan to hand over its chemical arsenal to international control and join the convention.
Syria has taken the initiative in return for the US taking a U-turn and refraining from threatening to attack Syria, RIA news agency quoted President Bashar al-Assad as saying in a television interview. Assad also said that Damascus will begin handing over information on its chemical weapons stockpiles one month after it joins a anti-chemical weapons convention.
It is now clear that given a chance, diplomacy has played an effective role in averting a very serious crisis in the Middle East. It is, however, not clear if the US will continue to arm the rebels. It has separately been reported that American arms are flowing to rebels which are aided in anti-Assad fight by al Qaeda elements.
Syria joins anti-chemical weapons treaty to prevent US strikes
The US had declared its intentions to strike Syria for using chemical weapons on civilians on August 21, 2013 which Assad regime blames on the rebels. However, Russian on presidents diplomatic maneuvers, Assad's government agreed to a Russian plan to hand over its chemical arsenal to international control and join the convention.
Syria has taken the initiative in return for the US taking a U-turn and refraining from threatening to attack Syria, RIA news agency quoted President Bashar al-Assad as saying in a television interview. Assad also said that Damascus will begin handing over information on its chemical weapons stockpiles one month after it joins a anti-chemical weapons convention.
It is now clear that given a chance, diplomacy has played an effective role in averting a very serious crisis in the Middle East. It is, however, not clear if the US will continue to arm the rebels. It has separately been reported that American arms are flowing to rebels which are aided in anti-Assad fight by al Qaeda elements.
Syria joins anti-chemical weapons treaty to prevent US strikes
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