US and Russian officials say UN Security Council could vote on Syria chemical arms resolution as early as Friday.
The US and Russia have said they have finally reached an agreement on a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ridding Syria of its chemical weapons.
The UN Security Council could vote as early as Friday night on a draft resolution to rid Syria of its chemical weapons, US, Russian, French and British diplomats said on Friday - provided the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague approved a plan for the destruction of Syria's poison gas arsenal beforehand.
Vitaly Churkin, Russia's UN envoy said he hoped the Security Council would be able to vote on a resolution demanding the eradication of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal about 8:00pm (00:00 GMT on Saturday).