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not enough' on Syrian chemical weapons

Secretary of State Kerry discussed Syria with Russian
Foreign Minister Lavrov in Geneva, while Syrian P‎ resident
Assad confirmed plans to place Syria's chemical weapons
under international control.‎

President Bashar 1392 ‫ رویرهش‬22 ‫ جمعه‬- 1256 ‫ شماره‬/ ‫سال متسیب‬

After a diplomatically tumultuous al-Assad put

week, President Barack Obama said forward Thursday

he was "hopeful" that Secretary for releasing

of ‎State John Kerry would have a ‎information on

productive meeting with Russian Syria's chemical

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on weapons stockpile

‎Thursday.‎ a month after

‎ signing the

Kerry met Lavrov in Geneva to chemical weapons

discuss a proposal floated by the ‎convention.‎

Russians for the Syrian government Speaking at the

to turn o‎ ver its chemical weapons to press conference,

international control.‎ Lavrov said a

In remarks after the meeting, Kerry resolution to the

said he was hopeful that Russia and issue of chemical

the United States could continue t‎o weapons would

work together to address the crisis in deem a m‎ilitary

Syria diplomatically.‎ strike by the -‎ ------------------‎

However, on the issue of chemical United States A picture shows a firetruck left amid heavily damaged buildings in the Syria's eastern town of
Deir Ezzor on ‎September 10, 2013. The United States is waiting to see a Russian proposal to
weapons, Kerry said, "The words of unnecessary.‎ put Syria's chemical w‎ eapons stock under international control, but will not wait for long, top
the Syrian regime in our judgment ‎"I am hopeful that diplomat John Kerry said. (‎‎AFP/AFP/Getty Images)‎
a‎ re simply not enough, which is why the discussions -------------------‎
we've come here in order to work that Secretary
Kerry has with Foreign Minister players in this can yield a concrete starting today, a full member of the
with the Russians."‎
Kerry rejected the timeline that Syrian Lavrov as well as some of t‎he other result and I know that he is going to (chemical weapons) convention,"
be working very hard over ‎the next ‎Syrian UN envoy Bashar Ja'afari told In touch with Iranian diversity

several days over the possibilities reporters, according to Reuters.‎

there," Obama said earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin

according to Politico.‎ wrote an op-ed in The New York

Kerry was also set to meet United Times on Wednesday, speaking

Nations and Arab League envoy directly t‎o the American public

Lakhdar Brahimi in Geneva. In his against military strikes in Syria. Here

‎remarks Thursday afternoon, Kerry is Putin's argument in eight points.‎

‫ﻭﻛﻼ‬ said he and Lavrov are both working One of the points Putin made was
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Lawyers ICBC ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ with Brahimi toward finding a that the alleged chemical weapons
Claims p‎ olitical solution in Syria.‎ attack on Aug. 21 — which spurred
604 - 982 - 4051 Meanwhile, Assad confirmed to ‎international outrage and calls for
604 - 980 - 8571 Russian TV that Syria would place its military action — could very well
chemical weapons under i‎nternational have been carried out by rebels to

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‎"Syria is placing its chemical The Pentagon responded to that claim

weapons under international control Thursday, saying, "Russia is isolated

because of Russia. The US threats did and alone in blaming the o‎ pposition.

‫ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ‬ not i‎nfluence the decision," he told We've seen no credible reporting that
Rossiya 24, according to the BBC.‎ the opposition has used chemical

‫ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ‬ weapons in Syria."‎
‎"When we see that the United States The White House echoed the
truly desires stability in our region Pentagon's response, calling Russia

.‫ ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ‬،‫ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ‬ and stops threatening and seeking t‎o "isolated and alone" in that point-of-
invade, as well as stops arms supplies v‎ iew.‎

to terrorists then we can believe Commenting on Putin's op-ed in The

that we can follow through with t‎he Times, White House press secretary

necessary processes," Assad said in Jay Carney said, "We're not ‎surprised

Kamil Lotfali, lawyer the interview.‎ by President Putin's words."‎

A spokesperson for the UN said Carney also repeated Kerry's

‫ ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ‬٣٠ ‫ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ‬- it received documents from the sentiment that on the issue of chemical
Syrian government about joining weapons, "Words don't count when it

‫ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ‬،‫ ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢ‬ICBC‫ ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ‬- the c‎hemical weapons convention. ‎comes to the Assad regime. Actions
Assad stated that Syria would release count."‎

ICBC ‫ ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ‬- information about its chemical
‎stockpile a month after signing the Source:

NORTH SHORE LAW LLP convention, calling it standard.‎ http://www.globalpost.com/

Late Thursday, Syria's UN envoy said dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/

6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. the country had become a full member syria/130912/obama-us-russia-talks-
klotfali@northshorelaw.com of the anti-chemical weapons t‎reaty.‎ ‎syria-chemical-weapons-assad
"‎ Legally speaking Syria has become,
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