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published by the U.S. State Department included in the basic elements of the foreign ministers on Saturday by the United States and Russia, “the framework agreement on the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons.”

– U.S. and Russia will ask the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for release in the next few days the consent of the emergency procedures for “rapid annihilation of the Syrian chemical weapons program and strict verification that this happened.”

– U.S. and Russia will cooperate towards the early adoption of a UN resolution enforcing the decision of the OPCW.

– Syria must ensure immediate and unlimited right to inspect any and all facilities on its territory.

– if Syria does not comply with these requirements, particularly if anyone in Syria commits an unauthorized transfer or use of chemical weapons, the UN Security Council should adopt the project as provided for in Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. This section applies to UN action in an emergency room, including the issue of Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force.

– Syria has a week to present “a comprehensive list of the names, types and quantities of chemical weapons, their components, types of ammunition, and the location and form of storage, production and research.”

– U.S. and Russia want to – if possible – this weapon was destroyed outside Syria.

– Elimination must also encompass systems for the development and production of chemical weapons and their means of delivery.

bodies of victims of a chemical attack in Damascus

– Under the agreement, initial inspections of declared chemical weapons storage sites must be completed by November. The same deadline applies to the destruction of equipment used to produce such weapons, and its place in fighting charges. The complete elimination of chemical weapons-related materials and equipment is expected in the first half of 2014.

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agreement is welcome in other countries:

Berlin welcomed the agreement the U.S. and Russia to eliminate ws. Syrian arsenal of chemical weapons, it increases the chances of a political solution to the conflict Syria – announced on Saturday, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.

“If the words will follow actions, the chances for a political solution (conflict) grow significantly” – Westerwelle wrote in a short statement.

France is also considered concluded at Geneva agreement ws. U.S. and Russian chemical weapons Syria as an important step forward – said on Saturday in an official statement French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.