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NATO PA president calls for destroying Syria's chemical weapons

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DUBROVNIK, Oct 11 (Hina) - NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Hugh Bayley called on world powers in Dubrovnik on Friday, including Syrian ally Russia, to completely destroy Syria's chemical weapons, but stressed that the war in Syria could be stopped only through negotiations because the majority of victims were killed by conventional weapons.

The countries which support the UN resolution, including Russia, must cooperate on its complete implementation and the Geneva talks must bring the war in Syria to an end through a political solution, Bayley told reporters ahead of a NATO Parliamentary Assembly session.

An agreement between the US and Russia led to a UN Security Council resolution on the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, which eliminated the threat of US military intervention in Syria after a chemical attack in Damascus on August 21.

The shocking attack deserved and got the deserved response. The action by one of our members (US), led to political consequences and the UN resolution, which is the first time that agreement was reached at the very beginning of a crisis, with clear guidelines on the ban of chemical weapons, said Bayley.

The situation in Syria, where more than 100,000 people have been killed in a two-year rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad, is worrying because of the huge number of refugees who are a threat to the stability of the entire region, he added.

While visiting Jordan, we established that there is need for food and that half the refugees need urgent medical care. We must help them because the instability is potentially dangerous for the entire Mediterranean, said Bayley.

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly session in Dubrovnik will discuss Syria, transition in Afghanistan and NATO's new training mission to Afghanistan after international troops withdraw by the end of next year.

Bayley said that 280 Croatian soldiers and police officers within the ISAF mission had helped to improve the situation in Afghanistan, as did the 20 Croatian troops in Kosovo, by protecting peace and democratic processes in those countries.

Croatia has a responsible and leading political role in the region, helping to implement NATO's "open door policy" towards its neighbours that want to join NATO, said Bayley.

In the last two decades, from a country at war you have become a country which lives in peace with all the democratic values. Congratulations, he said.

The four-day session has brought about 300 parliamentarians from NATO member and partner countries. With more than 600 people in attendance, this is the biggest political meeting ever held in Croatia.

The session, taking place in Croatia, a member since 2009, for the first time, will be opened in the afternoon by NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Croatian President Ivo Josipovic, and the host, Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko.

The head of the Croatian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Boris Blazekovic, said the session was important for Croatia because it had a horrible war behind it, so security and stability meant more to it than to other member countries.

The session is a recognition of Croatia's work in NATO whereby Croatia wishes to show the member and partner countries that it is a credible political and security factor in the region and the world, said Blazekovic.

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