Chemical arsenal transportation to Latakia not started yet, packing is under way – Russia

The transportation of the Syrian chemical weapons stockpile to the port of Latakia for its further removal from Syria hasn’t started yet as a process of packing is under way, Mikhail Ulyanov, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament, has said.

“They [chemical weapons] haven’t been brought yet as a process of packing is under way,” he announced.

According to the diplomat, an issue of guaranteeing chemical weapons safe removal is still unsettled as there is a threat of highly probable “militants’” attack on sites where chemical weapons are being stored.

“They will have to take them away through dangerous roads. There are a few dangerous places on the way. The transportation hasn’t been started yet,” Ulyanov noted.

Earlier, the diplomat reported that there are “about a dozen of sites where chemical weapons are being stored” in Syria, according to Voice of Russia, RIA.

M.D