In a statement to Russia's Interfax News Agency, the Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says Syria would join the chemical weapons convention which prohibits their production and use.

外长穆阿利姆在俄罗斯国际传真社发表声明，称叙利亚愿意加入化学武器公约，该公约禁止化武的生产和使用。

The Syrian Foreign Minister, Walid Muallem, said that his country would defend itself by all possible means for attacked. He described the allegations about chemical weapons as lies.

叙利亚外长莫兰称本国将采取一切手段捍卫自身，他曾所谓的化学武器使用是谎言。