Russia will send the United States details of a proposal to secure Syria's chemical weapons stockpile later Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.
Iran and China have said they support the Russian plan.
Syria has accepted the Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for dismantling. The Syrian foreign minister has recently appeared on TV where he said "Syria is ready to completely renounce its chemical weapons."
The United States: Obama will address the American people in a direct televised broadcast later today and by that time the White House will have had enough time to assess the viability of the Russian proposal. John Kerry testified before Congress earlier, where he continued to make the administration's case that a sustained threat of military action is necessary. But Russian President Putin has recently said their proposal is only possible if the US rejects force.
A broad majority of Americans, exhausted by nearly a dozen years of war and fearful of tripping into another one, are opposed to a military strike on Syria, even though most say they think Syrian forces used chemical weapons against civilians, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
France said they were getting ready to introduce a draft resolution at the UN Security Council calling on Damascus to give up its chemical weapons, which Russia said they would oppose it. But the UNSC consultations have just been postponed.
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