weapons to the international community, in the next week, turn over it. but he isn't about to do it. >> a spokesman said it is a rhetorical argument but russia heard something more. by late morning its foreign minister promised to encourage its allies syria to accept it. >> translator: we are calling on the syrian authorities to not only but weapons under further storage but we have passed our offer to the syrian board minister. >> reporter: who declared his country on board. >> translator: i declare that the syrian arab republican welcomes russia's initiative on the basis that the syrian leadership cares about the lives of our citizens and the security in our country. >> reporter: at the end of the day some powerful american voices were, at least in theory,