Ban, speaking shortly after Moscow's announcement that it urged Syria to move its chemical weapons to areas under international control to avoid a U.S. military strike, said he also was considering asking the Council to demand accountability for an alleged chemical weapons attack.
Upon a question of Lavrov's statement over Syria, Ban said:
"I welcome these ideas. In fact, as I said in my introductory remarks, I have already been considering certain proposals that I could make to the Security Council when I present the investigation team’s report. For a number of days already, I have been considering our proposals in particular. I’m considering urging the Security Council to demand the immediate transfer of Syria’s chemical weapons and chemical precursor stocks to places inside Syria where they can be safely stored and destroyed. And I urge again [that] Syria should become party to the OPCW [Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]."
Lavrov had urged Syrian regime to put its chemical weapons stockpile under "international surveillance" if this would avert any military intervention by saying:
"If the establishment of international control over chemical weapons in that country would allow avoiding strikes, we will immediately start working with Damascus."
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