Russia Not Happy With Potential UN Resolution On Syria Chemical Weapons, French FM Says

Russia 'Not Enthusiastic' About Syria Chemical Weapons Resolution
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives a press conference with his Syrian counterpart on September 9, 2013 following a meeting in Moscow. Walid Muallem is in Russia for talks with the top global ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as expectations grow of military action against the regime. Russia has vehemently opposed US-led strikes against the Assad regime, warning it could destabilize the whole Middle East, and President Vladimir Putin has vowed to help Syria if it was hit. AFP PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives a press conference with his Syrian counterpart on September 9, 2013 following a meeting in Moscow. Walid Muallem is in Russia for talks with the top global ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as expectations grow of military action against the regime. Russia has vehemently opposed US-led strikes against the Assad regime, warning it could destabilize the whole Middle East, and President Vladimir Putin has vowed to help Syria if it was hit. AFP PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)

PARIS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Russia is not keen at this stage for a binding U.N. Security Council resolution that would provide a framework to control Syria's chemical weapons' stocks, France's foreign minister said after talks with his Russian counterpart on Tuesday.

"As I understood, the Russians at this stage were not necessarily enthusiastic, and I'm using euphemism, to put all that into the framework of a U.N. binding resolution," Laurent Fabius told French lawmakers after a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (Reporting By John Irish; editing by Ingrid Melander)

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