MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it would urge Syria to put its chemical weapons arsenal under international control if this would avert military strikes.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who called a news conference to announce the proposal, said he had already conveyed the idea to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem at talks in Moscow and that Russia expected "a quick and, I hope, a positive answer."
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