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Chemical weapons watchdog says Syria cooperating with mission
Source: Reuters
Chemical weapons watchdog says Syria cooperating with mission
THE HAGUE | Wed Oct 9, 2013 8:20am EDT
(Reuters) - Syrian officials have been constructive and cooperative in the early stages of the program to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, the head of the Hague-based global chemical weapons watchdog said on Wednesday.
Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said that experts aimed to visit 20 sites in the coming days and weeks, and could eliminate Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 if they won support from all sides to the conflict.
"The cooperation has been quite constructive and I would say the Syrian authorities have been cooperative," Uzumcu told a news conference in The Hague.
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THE HAGUE | Wed Oct 9, 2013 8:20am EDT
(Reuters) - Syrian officials have been constructive and cooperative in the early stages of the program to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, the head of the Hague-based global chemical weapons watchdog said on Wednesday.
Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said that experts aimed to visit 20 sites in the coming days and weeks, and could eliminate Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 if they won support from all sides to the conflict.
"The cooperation has been quite constructive and I would say the Syrian authorities have been cooperative," Uzumcu told a news conference in The Hague.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/09/us-syria-crisis-chemical-idUSBRE9980G420131009