[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, GLOBAL: "Europeans Nervous About Syria Chemical-Destruction Safety"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Europeans Nervous About Syria Chemical-Destruction Safety

Global Security Newswire
January 23, 2014

Greece wants absolute guarantees that destroying Syria's warfare chemicals would not endanger the Mediterranean, the Xinhua News Agency reports.

Athens is not alone in its nervousness about the plan for eliminating Damascus chemicals; British citizens also are beginning to voice safety concerns related to their nation's involvement in the process.

Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos asked EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to demand the guarantees from the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The two organizations are overseeing efforts to eliminate the Syrian government's chemical-warfare stockpile by the end of June.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/greece-certainty-safety-syria-chemical-operation/

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