Syria has sent 49 percent of the raw materials used for its poison gas and nerve agent programme abroad for destruction, reports ITAR-TASS.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a report to the United Nations that the total percentage of chemicals either removed or already destroyed inside the country was at 53.6 percent.
The report, obtained by the Associated Press news agency on Wednesday, said Syria pledged to remove all chemicals by April 13, except for those in areas "presently inaccessible," which face an April 27 deadline.
Damascus agreed to destroy all chemical weapons facilities and surrender 1,300 metric tonnes of toxic agents to a joint OPCW/United Nations mission by mid-year as part of a US-Russian agreement negotiated after a chemical attack last August that killed hundreds of people around the capital.
