The Sri Lankan government has assured its commitment to implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), after Sri Lanka’s Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka met with the head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) last week.
Sri Lankan minister Ajith Perera met with OPCW Director-General Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü at the organisation’s headquarters at The Hague, where they “discussed ways of further enhancing cooperation, ” said a press release.
The deputy foreign minister “assured the Director-General of Sri Lanka’s serious commitment and meaningful contributions to achieve the goals of the CWC,” whilst Mr Üzümcü “further expressed OPCW’s support and assistance towards the full and effective implementation of the CWC in the country”.
See more from the OPCW here.
Also see our earlier posts:
6 Years Today - HRW calls for SL to stop shelling No Fire Zone amidst reports of chemical weapons (10 Apr 2015)
Video of Sri Lankan soldier describing use of chemical weapons - India's News X (16 Mar 2014)
Catholic bishops want international probe into chemical weapon use (10 Jan 2014)
Colombo uses chemical weapons: LTTE (15 Apr 2009)
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