THE HAGUE: Syria’s over 1,000 tonnes of chemical weapons could be destroyed at sea if no country agrees to dispose of them on its soil, the world’s chemical watchdog said yesterday.
“This possibility has been looked at for some time already,” Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) spokesman Christian Chartier said of destroying the chemicals at sea.
“It’s still being looked at and is one of several solutions envisaged by member states and as long as a decision has not been taken, it remains a possibility,” Chartier said. “This possibility doesn’t exclude the fact that member states continue to think about the possibility of destroying them on land,” Chartier added. AFP
