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| US and Russia agree UN draft on Syria chemical weapons | US and Russia agree UN draft on Syria chemical weapons |
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| Russia and the US have agreed a draft UN resolution on ridding Syria of chemical weapons, diplomats say. | Russia and the US have agreed a draft UN resolution on ridding Syria of chemical weapons, diplomats say. |
| They say a meeting of the UN Security Council was called for 20:00 local time in New York (00:00 GMT Friday) to discuss the document. | |
| It is seen as a key step in a US-Russia brokered plan under which Syria agreed to disclose its arsenal and eliminate it by mid-2014. | It is seen as a key step in a US-Russia brokered plan under which Syria agreed to disclose its arsenal and eliminate it by mid-2014. |
| Moscow and Washington had disagreed over the wording of the draft. | Moscow and Washington had disagreed over the wording of the draft. |
| The US - backed by France and the UK - had pushed for a resolution carrying the threat of military action. Russia had opposed this. The five nations are permanent veto-wielding members of the 15-strong Security Council. | |
| On Thursday, British Ambassador to the UN, Mark Lyall, tweeted: "P5 agree on binding and enforceable draft #UNSC resolution text to eliminate #Syrian CW arsenal. We shall introduce text to full SC tonight. | |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed that an agreement had been reached. | |
| However, details of the agreed draft were not immediately known. |