NATO supports US-Russian agreement over Syrian chemical weapons

NATO Secretary General welcomed in a statement US-Russian agreement  for elimination of Syrian chemical weapons

Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, ''This is an important step towards the goal of ensuring the swift, secure and verifiable elimination of Syria's stocks of chemical weapons. Full and unreserved Syrian compliance is now key.''

The agreement reached yesterday between the US Secretary of State John Kerry and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons.

The international community has a responsibility to make sure that the long-standing norm and practice against the use of chemical weapons is maintained, and violators are held accountable, Rasmussen added.

The agreement should give further momentum to a political solution to end the horrendous bloodshed in Syria.