Equipment Destroyed at 6 Syrian Chemical Weapons Sites – OPCW
MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) – Experts from the global chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday that critical equipment has been destroyed at six chemical weapon sites in Syria.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement that its mission team “has now conducted verification activities at a total of 11 sites that are identified in Syria’s disclosure.”
Current mission goals (through November 1) include making production facilities – including mixing/filling plants – inoperable, and beginning destruction of unloaded chemical weapons munitions, the statement said.
It noted that cooperation with the UN in support of the OPCW mission in Syria “has been excellent and the morale of the joint mission teams remains high.”
OPCW director general Ahmet Uzumcu said on October 9 that specialists from his organization had earmarked more than 20 sites to visit in coming weeks. Syrian authorities intend to render all chemical-arms-making facilities unusable by November 1, he added.
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