A US-Russian initiative to remove Syria's chemical weapons is a "victory" that averts war, a Syrian minister said, even as Washington and Paris warned that military action remains an option.
"On one hand, it helps the Syrians emerge from the crisis and on the other it has allowed for averting war against Syria," Minister of State for National Reconciliation Ali Haidar told Russian news agency Ria Novosti of the deal.
"It's a victory for Syria that was achieved thanks to our Russian friends."
His remarks came as US Secretary of State John Kerry met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to brief him on the plan and emerged with a word of warning for Damascus.
"The threat of force remains, the threat is real," Mr Kerry said at a joint news conference in Jerusalem with Netanyahu. Mr Kerry is adamant that the threat is still real. But clearly if Assad has no chemical weapons and is part of a chemical weapons treaty, he can not be touched unless it is illegally.
The reports coming from the UN inspectors, says that chemical weapons were used but they don't name who did it. This clearly leaves Washington and Paris with fake evidence that obviously can not be made public because it is void.
Israeli has also said that they will be monitoring whether Assad follows the Chemical Weapons treaty, but one has to wonder what there agenda is because obviously they have a consistent conflict with Syria and with Assad.
Lisa.
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