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France will put a resolution to the UN Security Council to place Syria's chemical weapons under international control so they can be destroyed, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says.France will put a resolution to the UN Security Council to place Syria's chemical weapons under international control so they can be destroyed, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says.
He said it would threaten "extremely serious" consequences if Syria breached its conditions.He said it would threaten "extremely serious" consequences if Syria breached its conditions.
There would be a request for a complete inspection of all chemical weapons.There would be a request for a complete inspection of all chemical weapons.
Russia also has a plan to put Syrian's chemical weapons under international control, it says. Russia also has a plan to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control, it says.
Mr Fabius says the plan had been discussed before, but has probably been advanced by the pressure applied in recent weeks, he said at a news conference in Paris. Mr Fabius, who was speaking at a news conference in Paris, said the resolution, based around five points, would demand that Syria "bring fully to light" its chemical weapons programme.
The measure would also set up international inspections and controls of the dismantling process.
The resolution would be tabled under Chapter 7 of the UN charter covering possible military and non-military action to restore peace, Mr Fabius added.
The plan had been discussed before, he said, but has probably been advanced by the pressure applied in recent weeks.
The Russians have blocked all previous French-led efforts at the Security Council, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris.The Russians have blocked all previous French-led efforts at the Security Council, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris.
Mr Lavrov said there was a "concrete plan" for the Syrian government to hand over its chemical weapons arsenal. Both France and the United States are wary of an Iraq-style game of cat and mouse - but they are prepared to give the Moscow-backed plan a chance, our correspondent adds.
"We [Russia] are currently working on preparing a workable, precise and concrete plan and for this there are literally right now, in these minutes, contacts with the Syrian side," he said. What the French are keen to avoid, Mr Fabius said, is a plan that is only there as a delaying tactic, which is why all options, including the threat of a strike, will remain on the table, our correspondent says.
Moscow plan
In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at a press conference with the Libyan foreign minister, has been speaking about Moscow's plan to put Syrian's chemical weapons stockpiles under international control.
There have been few details so far, but Mr Lavrov said Moscow was "preparing a concrete proposal which will be presented to all interested sides, including the US... a workable, specific, concrete plan".
He said he had spoken to US Secretary of State John Kerry on the telephone about this on Monday.
Mr Lavrov said the Russian initiative was "not a purely Russian initiative... It grew out of contacts we've had with the Americans".
Mr Lavrov noted US President Barack Obama's suggestion in a US TV interview that this may be a "breakthrough".
Overnight, Mr Obama said the Russian proposal could be a breakthrough, but that he remained sceptical.
On Monday, Mr Kerry warned that not responding to the alleged use of chemical weapons by Syrian forces would be riskier than taking action.