Syria has disclosed the information on its chemical weapons programme that was expected under an agreed Saturday deadline, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said.
"The Technical Secretariat is currently reviewing the information received," a statement on the Hague-based OPCW's website said.
The disclosure is a crucial stage in the process that should lead to the weapons' destruction. Syria is believed to possess about 1,000 tonnes of toxins, and has agreed to destroy them under a joint Russian-US proposal designed to avert a US military strike on Syria.
Earlier on Saturday, OPCW said it had begun to examine the first details of Syria's chemical arsenal supplied by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Meanwhile, the Syrian regime has distanced itself from comments made by Qadri Jamil, one of three of its deputy prime ministers, who told the Guardian on Thursday that his government would consider a ceasefire if peace talks were organized.
Jamil told the Guardian: "Neither the armed opposition nor the regime is capable of defeating the other side.”
The newspaper reported that Jamil as saying that for the government to enter talks, it would seek "an end to external intervention, a ceasefire and the launching of a peaceful political process in a way that the Syrian people can enjoy self-determination without outside intervention and in a democratic way."
However, Jamil's party said on Friday that his comments did not represent the position of the government, only those of his Peoples' Needs Party.
Read more: Syria submits chemical arms data to watchdog - Middle East - Al Jazeera En
Meanwhile, the Syrian regime has distanced itself from comments made by Qadri Jamil, one of three of its deputy prime ministers, who told the Guardian on Thursday that his government would consider a ceasefire if peace talks were organized.
Jamil told the Guardian: "Neither the armed opposition nor the regime is capable of defeating the other side.”
The newspaper reported that Jamil as saying that for the government to enter talks, it would seek "an end to external intervention, a ceasefire and the launching of a peaceful political process in a way that the Syrian people can enjoy self-determination without outside intervention and in a democratic way."
However, Jamil's party said on Friday that his comments did not represent the position of the government, only those of his Peoples' Needs Party.
Read more: Syria submits chemical arms data to watchdog - Middle East - Al Jazeera En
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