Syria's President Bashar al Assad has said in a TV interview that he will respect United Nations accords on chemical weapons.
It comes after a "historic" resolution to destroy his chemical stockpile was passed unanimously by the UN Security Council late on Friday.
All 15 members of the council voted in favour of the resolution, which was widely seen as a compromise between the US and Syria's key ally, Russia.
The vote after two weeks of intense negotiations marks a major breakthrough following two and a half years of paralysis that has gripped the council since the Syrian uprising began.
More than 100,000 Syrians have been killed during that time while millions have been displaced.
Countries including the US, UK and France have accused Mr Assad's regime of carrying out a chemical attack in Damascus that killed hundreds of civilians.
The Syrian government said rebels fighting to overthrow the president were responsible for the atrocity.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the "strong, enforceable, precedent-setting" resolution showed diplomacy can be so powerful "that it can peacefully defuse the worst weapons of war".
He said the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile would begin in November and be completed by the middle of next year.
For the first time, the council endorsed the roadmap for a political transition in Syria adopted by key nations in June 2012 and called for an international conference to be convened "as soon as possible" to implement it.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the target date for a new peace conference in Geneva was mid-November.
The resolution calls for consequences if Syria fails to comply, but those will depend on the council passing another resolution in the event of non-compliance.
That will give Assad ally Russia the means to stop any punishment from being imposed.
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