Chemical weapons Quote by Rex W. Tillerson

I think if Russia is really an honest signatory to the chemical weapons ban, if Syria wants to be, ultimately someone has to be…

— Rand Paul

Luckily for [Barack] Obama, the Russians came along and rescued him with this proposal [to confiscate Assad's chemical weapons] which he quickly accepted -…

— Noam Chomsky

The 2013 deal, whereby the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons verified the destruction of 95% of Syria's declared chemical weapons, was negotiated…

— Crispin Blunt

And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the first time…

— Barack Obama

If we speak calmly, in a businesslike fashion, let me draw your attention to the fact that Russia supplies arms to the legitimate government…

— Vladimir Putin

I think Russia must have been very embarrassed by Syria's use of chemical weapons because it really undercut Putin's role back in 2013 in…

— Kimberly Zisk Marten

If there are no consequences now for breaking the prohibition on chemical weapons, it will be harder to muster an international consensus to ensure…

— Samantha Power

We achieved a deal with the Russians that didn't wind up in two days of strikes that would have sent a, quote, "message," but…

— John F. Kerry

The Soviet Union has long been proposing to outlaw chemical weapons, to remove them from the arsenals of states. We are prepared for resolution…

— Konstantin Chernenko

Not all G8 members take the view that chemical weapons were in fact used by the Syrian Army. Some actually agree with us that…

— Vladimir Putin

If 90 percent or 95 percent of those - chemical stockpiles [in Syria] were eliminated, that's a lot of chemical weapons that are not…

— Barack Obama