The proposal came as the world's chemical weapons watchdog said it was "disturbed" by the alleged use of toxic chemicals in Aleppo. French Foreign Minister Jean Marc Ayrault, attending the London talks, said he backed new US-Russia discussions. The use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances is unacceptable," Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said in a statement. France's Ayrault said the UN Security Council should condemn the Assad regime and IS "for their continued use of chemical weapons". 'Barbaric military tactics'Writing in The Times newspaper, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, the host of Wednesday's London talks, urged Russia to cease its support for the Syrian president.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2016 20:03 UTC