In an interview with Russia's Rossiya-24 state news agency on Thursday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed to submitting data on Syria's supply of chemical arms. He said he will supply the data one month after signing the international treaty banning the weapons.

This comes in addition to Assad's agreement to give up control of his country's chemical weapons -- if the United States stops its threats against Syria. 

These developments are believed to be the first time the Syrian government has publicly admitted holding a stockpile of chemical arms. Assad has not admitted, however, that the Syrian government facilitated the sarin gas attack that killed more than 1,400 people on August 21.

Although Assad said the 30-day wait is "standard", U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry rejected the delayed timeline, saying Assad's actions need to be "timely."

Despite the U.S.'s threats to intervene, Assad said the decision did not arise as a reaction to the United States.

“Syria is transferring its chemical weapons to international control because of Russia,” he said in the soon-to-be-aired Rossiya 24 interview, according to the Interfax news agency. “The threats of the United States had no influence on the decision to put the weapons under [international] control.”

The full Rossiya-24 interview is expected to broadcast later Thursday.

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