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| Syria crisis: France, US and UK want 'strong' UN resolution | Syria crisis: France, US and UK want 'strong' UN resolution |
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| France, Britain and the US will seek a "robust" UN resolution for Syria's removal of chemical weapons, French President Francois Hollande says. | France, Britain and the US will seek a "robust" UN resolution for Syria's removal of chemical weapons, French President Francois Hollande says. |
| In a deal brokered by Russia and the US, Syria has agreed to reveal its stockpile within a week and eliminate the chemical arsenal by mid-2014. | In a deal brokered by Russia and the US, Syria has agreed to reveal its stockpile within a week and eliminate the chemical arsenal by mid-2014. |
| If it fails to comply, the deal could be enforced by a UN resolution, with the use of force as a last resort. | |
| The US had threatened strikes on Syria over a chemical attack in Damascus. | The US had threatened strikes on Syria over a chemical attack in Damascus. |
| President Bashar al-Assad's government denies having carried out the attack on 21 August and blames rebels fighters instead. | President Bashar al-Assad's government denies having carried out the attack on 21 August and blames rebels fighters instead. |
| Mr Hollande and his foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, held talks on Syria with British Foreign Secretary William Hague and US Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris on Monday. | Mr Hollande and his foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, held talks on Syria with British Foreign Secretary William Hague and US Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris on Monday. |
| They agreed there had to be a "precise timetable" for the dismantling of weapons in Syria, the French president said after the meeting. | |
| Syria recently agreed to join the global Chemical Weapons Convention. It will come under the treaty from 14 October, the UN announced. | |
| The framework deal was announced on Saturday after three days of talks in Geneva by Mr Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. | |
| Syrian Reconciliation Minister Ali Haidar welcomed the agreement, calling it a "victory for Syria achieved thanks to our Russian friends". |