US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have agreed that the United Nations must be allowed to inspect all sites of chemical weapons in Syria.
The agreement came after nearly three days of talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Mr Kerry said that, under the pact, Syria must submit a "comprehensive listing" of its chemical weapons stockpiles within one week.
Mr Kerry, at a press conference with Mr Lavrov, said that under the agreement UN weapons inspectors must be on the ground in Syria no later than November.
The goal, he said, is the complete destruction of Syria's chemical weapons by the middle of 2014.
Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov said that if Syria does not comply with the agreement, which must be finalised by the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons, it would face consequences under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter.
Chapter 7 of the UN Charter contains sanctions and military action.
Mr Kerry said there was no agreement on what those measures would be.
US President Barack Obama, Mr Kerry said, reserves the right to use military force in Syria saying: "There's no diminution of options."
Mr Lavrov said of the agreement, "There (is) nothing said about the use of force and not about any automatic sanctions.
The Geneva talks were part of a diplomatic push that prompted President Obama to put on hold his plans for US air strikes on Syria.
Moscow's proposal to hold talks spared Mr Obama from facing a vote in Congress on military action that he had appeared increasingly likely to lose at this stage.
Meanwhile, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll indicates that 62% of Americans oppose US military intervention in Syria.
Last Thursday, the United Nations said it had received a document from Syria on joining the global anti-chemical weapons treaty.
The move by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was promised as part of a deal to avoid US air strikes.
Mr Assad told Russian state television that he would finalise plans to abandon his chemical arsenal only when the US stopped threatening to attack.
Elsewhere, the Syrian opposition coalition is holding a meeting in Istanbul to appoint a provisional prime minister in order to have more credibility.
The head of the opposition Syrian Supreme Military Council General Selim Idris said the US-Russian agreement was a blow to the two-and-a-half-year uprising to remove President Assad from power.
General Selim Idris said the deal would allow President Assad to escape being held accountable for killing hundreds of civilians in a poison gas attack on Damascus on 21 August.
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