Given that this is one of the few areas of possible agreement in the United Nations Security Council, it is a good starting point to repair badly damaged relations among the Council’s five permanent members (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the US). Of course, the deal may prove to be little more than a diversion, breaking the momentum toward military action but failing to achieve its goal.
俄国的建议迫使西方将禁止化学武器作为其直接目的。考虑到这是联合国安理会有可能达成一致的少数领域之一，这是中、法、俄、英、美等安理会五大常任理事国修复严重受损关系的一个不错的开始。当然，事态的发展也可能证明协议的作用只是暂时的，只能短时间阻止军事行动，但却无法实现其最终目的。协议的执行将考验俄国是否诚信。