Russia has received "additional evidences" from Syria showing that rebels used chemical weapons in the Syrian capital of Damascus, visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Wednesday.
Syria's chemical weapons arsenal can be dismantled as quickly as possible, even without a full ceasefire, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.
Russia said Tuesday that a UN Security Council resolution on Syria's chemical weapons would not contain any references to the use of force.
The visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that his country wouldn't accept any UN resolution adopted under the Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which paves the way to military action in some cases.
China on Monday firmly condemned any use of chemical weapons, calling on the international community to beef up their efforts for a political solution to the Syria crisis.
U.S. President Barack Obama released an executive order Monday to officially authorize non- lethal military aid to the Syrian opposition, in order to prevent the use and proliferation of chemical weapons.
U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice on Monday welcomed the UN report on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, hailing it as a reinforcement of the U.S. previous assessment that "these attacks were carried out by the Syrian regime."
Russia on Monday criticized some Western countries for jumping to conclusions in favor of the Syrian opposition, saying all facts and questions " need to be addressed seriously and professionally."
Chemical weapons were used at Ghouta, Syria, on Aug. 21 "on a relatively large scale resulting in numerous casualties, particularly among civilians and including many children," a UN report said Monday.
Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi stressed Sunday his country's commitment to a Russian-U.S. deal struck a day earlier to ensure stripping Syria's chemical arsenal.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Saturday welcomed a U.S.-Russian framework agreement on the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons.
The Japanese government on Sunday welcomed an agreement between the United States and Russia over the issue of Syrian chemical weapons, according to Japan's Foreign Ministry.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday received the report from the UN fact-finding group on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Syria will not fulfill agreement on chemical weapons control until the U.S. stops threatening it, President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that he agreed to put chemical weapons under international observation "upon the request of Russia and not because of the American threats," the state-run SANA news agency reported Thursday.
The United States said on Thursday the Syrian government's application for joining the Chemical Weapons Convention is "important," but cannot be a substitute for the verification and ultimate destroying of those weapons.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday and Friday, to discuss Syria's chemical weapons, the State Department said Wednesday.
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