MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow is insisting that a new United Nations resolution on Syria not allow the use of force, but Russia’s foreign minister appears to suggest the issue could be reconsidered if Syria violates an agreement on abandoning its chemical weapons.Sergey Lavrov made the statement on Tuesday in a news conference with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius. France and the United States say that a military option remains on the table and is pushing for the U.N. resolution to reflect that.
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