370 tons of waste from neutralized Syrian mustard gas to be processed in Germany

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The German authorities have confirmed the intention to neutralize 370 tons of waste from the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons on the American ship Cape Ray in the territory of the country, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced on Friday. The statement notes that the matter concerns “neutralization of derived products of mustard gas from Syria at one of the specialized facilities in the territory of Germany.”

The day before, the German authorities declared their readiness to take part in neutralizing the remains of the Syrian chemical weapons on the territory of Germany. “In response to the OPCW’s request, the government decided that Germany was ready to make a significant contribution to the destruction of the Syrian chemical weapons”, the joint statement of the Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry of Germany said. “The government intends to carry out the destruction of the remains of the chemical weapons originated in the course of its irreversible neutralization”, the document noted.

Meanwhile, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at a press conference in Berlin that “the German armed forces possess the technical capabilities to conduct (the elimination) in accordance with all requirements for environmental protection at a special facility belonging to the state company GEKA in the city of Munster.”

Germany to destroy some of Syria’s chemical stockpile

Germany is to help world efforts to destroy Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons and their ingredients, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Thursday in Berlin.

He said a state-owned company, GEKA, which has an ammunition destruction plant in the small town of Munster south of Hamburg, would destroy a stock of the dangerous chemicals.

Germany is believed to have offered to take several hundred tons of hydrolysate, a liquid ingredient used in weapons production, which Syria has handed over,according to Voice of Russia, Interfax, dpa.

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