New York, Rabi'II 6, 1435, Feb 6, 2014, SPA -- The UN Security Council has called on Syria to expedite its process of removing chemical weapons, says Raimonda Murmokaite, Lithuanian ambassador to the UN and current president of the council. "The UN Security Council has called upon the Syrian Arab Republic to expedite actions to meet its obligation to transport in a systematic and a sufficiently accelerated manner all relevant chemicals to Latakia for removal from Syrian territory," Murmokaite says, according to dpa. -- SPA 23:00 LOCAL TIME 20:00 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1196047