Moscow and London to present joint document on biological weapons

Russia and the United Kingdom have prepared a joint document on emergency response to use of biological weapons and will present their project in Geneva on December 6, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department on Non-Proliferation and Weapons Control Vladimir Yermakov said.

"We propose to consider several ideas on further promotion of the concept of mobile biomedical teams. Our document will be presented and discussed on Thursday, December 6," TASS cited the diplomat as saying.

According to him, the prospects and demand for mobile biomedical teams is guaranteed from the point of view of strengthening the BWC. "This has particular significance in the context of creating effective mechanisms of implementing the Biological Weapons Convention," Yermakov added.