WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama welcomed the deal reached Saturday to strip Syria of chemical weapons but said much remains to be done and Damascus must comply with the accord.
In a statement, Obama said that if the regime of President Bashar al-Assad does not live up to the deal Washington reached with Syria’s ally Russia, “the United States remains prepared to act.”
Obama said the accord was made possible ‘in part’ by what he called his credible threat to use force against Syria as punishment for its alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians last month.
The new accord gives Syria a week to provide details of its chemical weapons stockpiles, and says Syria must give international inspectors unfettered access to them with the goal of removing them by the middle of next year.
“While we have made important progress, much more work remains to be done,” Obama said.
“The United States will continue working with Russia, the United Kingdom, France, the United Nations and others to ensure that this process is verifiable, and that there are consequences should the Assad regime not comply with the framework agreed today. And, if diplomacy fails, the United States remains prepared to act,” the president added. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Obama the "she-man". You declared a red line, the red line was crossed, Putin came to rescue you. Assad will not do anything on this new deal. Obama should know that real men fight war. War is different from Homosexual activism which is a "she-man's" pastime.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats are more Civil than Republicans. Conflicts have never ended in itself, at the end its negotiation. Nice one Obama. It was a nice decision to avoid WW III by bringing Russia to table.
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