DHAKA: Russia’s UN envoy said he hoped the UN Security Council would be able to vote on a resolution demanding the eradication of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal on Friday evening.

‘We hope tomorrow night at ...(around) 8:00pm (0000 GMT on Saturday),’ Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters on Thursday, The Jerusalem Post reports on Friday.

‘I know that some ministers are extending their stay in New York in order to participate in that vote.’

BDST: 0620 HRS, SEPT 27, 2013
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