Australia to back US military strike on Syria

The newly elected Abbott Government has left open the option of using Australia's presidency of the United Nations Security Council to back a US military strike on Syria even if the Council vetoed such a move.

Coalition foreign minister-elect Julie Bishop also welcomed the deal struck by the United States and Russia for destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile by mid-2014.

According to news.com.au, Bishop said the agreement was a positive step in the right direction.

As per the agreement signed Syria has been given a week to provide full details of its arsenal of chemical weapons and complete access to UN weapons inspectors.

 

The US Navy has a fleet of cruise missile armed warships off the Syrian coast and an aircraft carrier battle group in waters nearby, the report added.