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Source: http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/09/214250.htm
Kerry Outlines U.S.-Russian Agreement on Syrian Chemical Weapons
(State Department) After talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva on Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said: "We have reached a shared assessment of the amount and type of chemical weapons possessed by the Assad regime, and we are committed to the rapid assumption of control by the international community of those weapons." "We agreed that Syria must submit, within...one week, a comprehensive listing [of its chemical weapons]." "We have committed to use extraordinary procedures under the Chemical Weapons Convention for the expeditious destruction and stringent verification of Syrian chemical weapons." "The Syrians must provide the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons and supporting personnel with an immediate and unfettered right to inspect any and all sites in Syria." "We have agreed to destroy all chemical weapons, including the possibility of removing weapons for destruction outside of Syria."