Putin Offers Surprise Plan For International Control Of Syrian Chemical Weapons-Moves To Steal Obama's Thunder?
In what may well prove to be one of the greatest moves since the days of the great Russian chess masters, Vladimir Putin—through his foreign minister Sergey Larov—has presented both the Syrian and American governments with a way out of a military confrontation that almost nobody seems to want.
Speaking earlier today, Larov said:
“If the establishment of international control over chemical weapons in that country would allow avoiding strikes, we will immediately start working with Damascus. We are calling on the Syrian leadership to not only agree on placing chemical weapons storage sites under international control, but also on its subsequent destruction and fully joining the treaty on prohibition of chemical weapons.”
Nicely played, Mr. Putin. My hat goes off to you.
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