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Russia makes bid to defuse Syrian tensions

FXstreet.com (Lisbon) - President Barack Obama, in an ongoing battle to boost support for military action against Syria, said on Monday that Russia's offer to work with Damascus to put its chemical weapons under international control could be a big deal - if it is serious.

"This could potentially be a significant breakthrough," Obama told NBC News in an interview. "However, we have to be skeptical because this is not how we've seen them operate over the last couple of years."

Indeed, the president noted he had explored the possibility of a proposal for Syria to cede control of its chemical weapons stockpile to international authorities with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting last week in Russia.

If Syria did in fact do so, that would "absolutely" put any U.S. military strike on pause, perhaps indefinitely, Obama told ABC News. Obama had given six television interviews Monday to press his case that Congress should grant him authority to take action against Syria in response to an alleged August 21 chemical weapons attack that killed more than 1,400 people.

Ultimately however, the American public is strongly opposed to a military intervention, though the White House is making an all-out effort to win congressional support. It is holding briefings for lawmakers and dispatching senior officials to give speeches and television interviews. The president plans to address the nation on television on Tuesday night and is due to speak to senators of both parties on Capitol Hill during the day.

Obama told CNN that any diplomatic effort to resolve the crisis must be serious and not just a bid to buy time. "We don't want just a stalling or delaying tactic to put off the pressure that we have on there right now," he said. "We have to maintain this pressure, which is why I'll still be speaking to the nation tomorrow about why I think this is so important."

Russia's proposal could make Obama's bid to win congressional approval to use force in Syria an easier sell on Capitol Hill, two influential senators, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, said.

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