Secretary of State John
Kerry said on Thursday that he hoped the Syrian government's chemical weapons
will be rapidly consolidated into one location, put on a ship and removed from
the region.
Kerry said in an interview
with National Public Radio that the locations of the weapons have been declared
and are being secured.
On Tuesday, Kerry will meet
in London with ministers of 10 other nations who back the opposition in Syria
and are trying to hold an international conference in Geneva to set up a
transition government and end the bloody civil war in Syria, State Department
spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
He also will be meeting in
London with opposition leaders. The main alliance of political opposition
groups has said it will only negotiate if it is agreed from the start that
Syrian President Bashar Assad will leave power at the end of a transition
period.
On Monday, Kerry will be in
Paris to meet with representatives of the Arab League and update them on peace
talks between Israel and the Palestinians and see Saudi Foreign Minister Saud
al-Faisal.
After
London, Kerry will travel to Rome to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu.
AP
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