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UNITED NATIONS: Apr 17 (PNS) - Syria has introduced a resolution in the U.N. Security Council to declare the Middle East a region free of weapons of mass destruction.
Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, Mikhail Wehbe said the resolution if an important factor for the peace process in the region. At their meeting in New York, twenty two Arab countries expressed their support for the resolution which calls for a region free of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
The Arab league’s representative to the United Nations, Yahya Mahmassani said that all the nations including Israel are included in the resolution.
Several other Security Council members including Pakistan, China and Russia expressed support for the resolution. In Damascus, the Syrian Foreign minister Farouk Al-Shara rejected U.S. allegations that his country has weapons of mass destruction.
He said Syria is ready to sign a treaty under the U.N supervision to make the whole Middle East a zone free from such weapons. In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell said his country his country has a very vigorous diplomatic exchange with Syria and he would go to Damascus for talks with President Bashara Al-Assad.
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