The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has agreed on a chemical arsenal destruction plan in Syria.
"The plan is adopted," said Christian Chartier, an OPCW spokesman, after a meeting of the watchdog's 41-member executive council in The Hague on Friday.

Under the deal, the chemical weapons will be taken out of Syria to be destroyed in the "safest and soonest manner," the OPCW said in a statement on its website.

"The plan provides a clear roadmap… Continuing international support and assistance for this endeavor will remain crucial," said OPCW Director General Ahmet Uzumcu.

According to the OPCW, Syria destroyed all its declared chemical weapons installations and equipment used for producing chemical arms, meeting the November 1 deadline for its disarmament program.

The OPCW is implementing a UN resolution on scrapping Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal. The United Nations Security Council approved the resolution on September 27.

On September 14, Russia and the United States agreed on a deal according to which Syria would have its chemical weapons eliminated and the US would in return not carry out planned strikes on the Arab country.

The war rhetoric against Syria intensified after foreign-backed opposition forces accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of launching a chemical attack on militant strongholds in the suburbs of the capital Damascus on August 21.

Damascus has vehemently denied the accusations, saying the attack was carried out by the militants themselves as a false-flag operation.

Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011. According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey -- are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.

According to the UN, more than 100,000 people have been killed and a total of 7.8 million others displaced due to the violence.

By Press TV

 

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