U.S., China want quick, binding U.N. resolution on Syria, U.S. says

The United States and China strongly agree on the need for the U.N. Security Council to quickly adopt a binding resolution on eradicating Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday in remarks that appeared aimed at putting pressure on Russia to accept the measure.

Russia appeared unswayed. When asked if diplomats were close to a deal on a Syria resolution, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters at the United Nations, “Russia’s very close, the U.S. is not.”

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