NEW YORK: The UN Security Council’s five permanent members on Wednesday held a closed-door session in New York City to discuss the Russia’s proposed plan for putting Syria’s chemical weapons under international control as well as try to come up with common language for a UN resolution to support it.
“Today’s discussion helped to pave the way for tomorrow’s meeting [in Geneva],” one council diplomat told a foreign news agency on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, Russia has handed over its plan for establishing international control over Syria’s chemical weapons to the US.
“We have handed over to the Americans our plan for establishing international control over Syria’s chemical weapons and we hope to discuss it in Geneva,” said a source in the Russian delegation that will accompany Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov during his consultations with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
