Moscow Holding Intensive Consultations With OPCW Over Potential Expert Visit
L'essentiel
- Russia's Ambassador to The Hague Vladimir Tarabrin says Moscow is holding intensive consultations with the OPCW Technical Secretariat to coordinate a potential visit by chemical weapons experts to Russia.
- The diplomat said Russia is providing detailed explanations in response to clarifying questions and expects OPCW experts will visit to verify information and compile a professional report.
Résumé généré par IA
Pourquoi c'est important
This diplomatic engagement comes as Russia seeks to demonstrate compliance with chemical weapons conventions amid ongoing international scrutiny. The OPCW is the international body responsible for verifying the destruction of chemical weapons.
MOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. Moscow is engaged in intensive consultations regarding a potential visit by Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) experts to Russia, Ambassador to The Hague and Permanent Representative to the OPCW Vladimir Tarabrin said during an online briefing. "We are currently holding intensive consultations with the [OPCW] Technical Secretariat to coordinate all organizational and technical details of a potential visit by its experts to Russia," the diplomat noted. "We are providing detailed explanations in response to the [Technical Secretariat's] clarifying questions; we are receiving a great many such questions. Nevertheless, we expect that the OPCW experts will still come to Russia and will be able to personally verify the accuracy of the information we provide, compile a substantive and professional report, and the quality of this document will be the measure of their impartiality," Tarabrin added. At the same time, he emphasized that the Russian side expects the OPCW Technical Secretariat to act with objectivity and due professionalism in full accordance with its mandate.
Questions ouvertes
- When exactly will the OPCW experts visit Russia?
- What specific sites will they inspect?
- What prompted the need for this verification visit?
