Armenia supports destruction of Syria chemical weapons
YEREVAN. Sept 17 (Interfax) - The Armenian Foreign Ministry has applauded the deal brokered by Moscow and Washington that Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles must be destroyed or removed by mid-2014.
"Armenia welcomes the proposals that stem from the agreement reached by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva that offers the opportunity to destroy these chemical weapons and rule out their use in Syria," ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian Service.
The Armenian ministry's press service told Interfax, citing Balayan, that these initiatives "may pave the way toward looking for a political and peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis that will stop the suffering of the Syrian people and tens of thousands of Syria's Armenians, who are an indivisible part of the Syrian nation."
