DHAKA: Syria handed over a detailed plan to destroy its chemical stockpile on time, international watchdog OPCW said Sunday.

‘On 24 October 2013, the Syrian Arab Republic submitted to the OPCW its formal initial declaration covering its chemical weapons programme,’ the watchdog said in a statement, adding that Damascus had had until Sunday to do so.

Damascus was required to submit the destruction plan under a US-Russian deal agreed last month that headed off military strikes on Syria.

The accord also gives Syria up to mid-2014 to destroy its chemical arsenal, reports The Straits Times.

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