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Draft resolution on Syria chemical weapons should be finalized within two days

The negotiations are “going quite well”, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov
Photo ITAR-TASS/Valery Sharifulin
Photo ITAR-TASS/Valery Sharifulin

NEW YORK, September 26 (Itar-Tass) - A draft resolution on chemical weapons in Syria should be finalized within the next two days, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told the Associated Press.

The negotiations are “going quite well” and the draft resolution should be finalized “very soon - within the next two days,” Gatilov said adding that the text of the resolution would include a reference to Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which allows for military and nonmilitary actions to promote peace and security.