Russia put forward three proposals to increase the transparency of national biological programs and to comply with the requirements of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Biological and Toxin …
The UN General Assembly First Committee did not support Russia's resolution to investigate the possible use of chemical and biological weapons. The project was supported by 30 countries, 65 voted against, 77 abstained, RIA …
The United States is on track to eliminate chemical weapons by 2023 after destroying the entire stockpile of VX nerve agent in April, the Department of Defense said. "The Defense Department's Chemical Demilitarization Program …
Russia and China insist that the United States should accelerate the elimination of its stockpiles of chemical weapons, both countries said in a joint statement on Friday. "Russia and China insist that the United States, as the …
The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed as baseless and illogical U.S. calls for Russia to destroy its chemicals weapons, saying that Moscow had destroyed them long ago in line with the chemical weapons convention. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry …
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price urged Russia to destroy its chemical weapons program. "The United States calls upon Russia to comply with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and to declare and …
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The European Union set up a new sanctions mechanism targeting those who use and develop chemical weapons. At the meeting in Luxembourg EU foreign ministers agreed to the new measures, which will freeze the assets held in the block by …
UK Prime Minister Theresa May said that the international community needs to do more together to prevent future chemical weapons use, according to the British government's press release. "We worked closely …
Sergey Shoigu signed with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar a Memorandum of Understanding on Stabilization of the Situation in Idlib
The United States and its international partners will respond swiftly to any verified chemical weapons use in Syria and urges Russia to make the point clear to the Syrian government, Department of State spokesperson Heather …
After a series of unjustified allegations that Syria reportedly kept chemical weapons, Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad said that the state eliminated all of its chemical arsenal in 2013. "Firstly, Syria …
The Syrian government has shown no signs that it carried out more chemical attacks since an alleged incident in April, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a press briefing on Thursday, Al-Masdar News reported. …
The US, the UK and France have fired more than 100 cruise and air-to-surface missiles at military and civilian targets in Syria, TASS reported citing the Russian Defense Ministry. "Over 100 cruise and air-to-surface missiles have …
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been closely monitoring the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, the Director-General of the organisation, Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu, said. …
The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on a French chemical weapons expert accused of making and using such munitions for the Islamic State group in Syria, Miami Herald reports. The State Department on Thursday identified …
Britain is accusing Russia of violating the Chemical Weapons Convention by failing to declare the military-grade nerve agent Novichok which it says was used to poison an ex-Russian agent. Britain's deputy UN ambassador …
Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad warned that well-known parties are leveling accusations against Syria regarding the use of chemical weapons as a result of the victories achieved by the Syrian Arab army in …
Bashar al-Assad’s forces are responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack on Syria's rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed scores of people, UN investigators have said, as the United States renewed its warning that …
Russia has blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution extending the UN-OPCW Joint Mechanism’s mandate in Syria for another year, TASS reports. Along with Russia, the US-initiated document received a negative vote from …
