Syria handed over the remaining details of its chemical arsenal on Saturday, meeting a deadline under a deal that headed off military strikes, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said.
Damascus had already turned over details of part of its inventory to the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, but the group said on Saturday that the process was now complete.
The ‘OPCW has confirmed that it has received the expected disclosure from the Syrian government regarding its chemical weapons programme,’ the watchdog said.
‘The Technical Secretariat is currently reviewing the information received,’ it added. The disclosure comes as UN envoys struggle to agree on the wording of a resolution to enshrine the deal under which Syria is handing over its chemical weapons for destruction.
Damascus had already turned over details of part of its inventory to the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, but the group said on Saturday that the process was now complete.
The ‘OPCW has confirmed that it has received the expected disclosure from the Syrian government regarding its chemical weapons programme,’ the watchdog said.
‘The Technical Secretariat is currently reviewing the information received,’ it added. The disclosure comes as UN envoys struggle to agree on the wording of a resolution to enshrine the deal under which Syria is handing over its chemical weapons for destruction.