| Summary: | 5/21/2018 Syria / Chemical Attacks in Douma (7 April) : Joint Statement by France and 16 other member countries of OPCW (26.04.18) - France-Di… https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/syria/events/article/syria-chemical-attacks-in-douma-7-april-joint-statement-by-france-and-16-other 1/1 This website uses cookies to track how visitors use our website so that we can improve the performance of our site and provide you with a better user experience. By continuing to browse this website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.AcceptDisable cookiesConfidentiality policy Joint Statement by Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America OPCW investigators have been in Syria for two weeks now. They are conducting their work in extremely difficult circumstances. They have our full support. Instead of working with the OPCW to support their investigation, Syria and Russia have continued to create obstacles to delay their deployment to Duma and to wage a propaganda campaign against the OPCW. Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, the signatories of this joint declaration and States Parties to the Convention for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, wish here to spotlight and call for an end to such unacceptable Russian defamation of the OPCW. Today, Russia has decided to hold a so-called information meeting at OPCW headquarters that is nothing more than a crude propaganda exercise. Worse, by presenting the briefing in the OPCW premises, Russia is trying to create the false impression that the OPCW has convened this meeting at Russia’s request. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Director General of the OPCW has made a ...
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