The European Union has praised a United
Nations resolution aimed at destroying Syria's chemical arms cache for
"setting a standard" against perpetrators of poison gas attacks.
The resolution
represented "a major step towards a sustainable and unified international
response to the crisis in Syria" and EU would provide "forceful"
support in the case of non-compliance, foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton
said in a statement late on Friday.
The UN Security Council
unanimously passed a landmark resolution on Friday ordering the destruction of
Syria's chemical weapons and condemned a murderous poison gas attack in
Damascus.
"This
decision should pave the way to the elimination of chemical weapons in Syria,
and set a standard for the international community in responding to threats
posed by weapons of mass destruction," Ashton said.
The plan calls for
Syria's estimated 1,000 tonnes of chemical weapons to be put under
international control by mid-2014. Experts say the timetable is very tight.
Ashton said the European
bloc "reiterates its readiness to support actions foreseen under the
resolution," including "a forceful international reaction in the
event of non-compliance."
AFP
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