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of the conflict in syria. i m sure you know that there is a very real possibility that none of this will work out, especially since the russians want the u.s. to remove the threat of force from syria as these negotiations take place. syrian leader bashar al assad who the u.s. accuses of using poison gas on his own people, well, he echoed the russian position today. translator: i want to clearly express to everyone that these mechanisms will not be carried out unilaterally. this does not mean that syria will sign these documents, carry out the conditions and that s it. this bilateral process is based first of all on the united states stopping its policy of threatening syria. also, to the degree that the russian proposal is accepted. the united nations says that it has received a document from syria saying it wants to join the international treaty banning chemical weapons. secretary kerry will be in geneva through tomorrow for the negotiations with russia. relations have been cold
siberia cold. especially after russia gave nsa leak source edward snowden a stay out of u.s. jail free card. so can the two sides work this out? our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is standing by live for us. what have you found out about the discussions going on? reporter: well, we re hearing about first disagreements. secretary kerry referenced this in his public comments. bashar al assad saying he believes he should have 30 days to give a full accounting of his chemical weapons, that that would be standard. secretary kerry saying there is nothing standard about these talks, they are expecting much quicker action. another disagreement on the use of force, president kerry saying the threat of force still is something the u.s. is reserving. the russian foreign minister lavrov saying force cannot be on the table, something repeated by president bashar al assad. but secretary kerry and his team say that that s why they came here in effect, to test the russians at thei