Russia Withdraws Request For U.N. Security Council Meeting

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks away after shaking hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia on Thursday, Sept. 5, 20... U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks away after shaking hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. The threat of missiles over the Mediterranean is weighing on world leaders meeting on the shores of the Baltic this week, and eclipsing economic battles that usually dominate when the G-20 world economies meet. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) MORE LESS
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Russia on Tuesday withdrew its request for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, a diplomat told CNN.

The move comes in the midst of negotiations between the U.S. and Russia on a potential diplomatic solution to Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons. A plan proposed by the Russians would place the Assad regime’s stockpile under international control.

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