Saudi Arabia demands action against Assad’s chemical weapons

The Hague, (IINA) - Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that there is increasing evidence that the Syrian regime is still using chemical weapons, demanding action against the regime for using such tactics, Arab News reported.
Saudi Arabia made the claim during the 18th session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) currently underway in The Hague.
In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, the Kingdom stated that samples taken in previously unreported locations in Syria showed that the regime was using Sarin and VX nerve agent.
The government stated that the “use of chemical weapons under any circumstances is something that cannot be tolerated. It is unacceptable, and should be condemned in the strongest terms because it is contrary to international ethical and legal standards”.
The government urged the OPCW Secretariat to gain access to information that would clarify the Syrian regime’s “contradictory statements”.
It said that Saudi Arabia was a signatory to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
The government also stated that it wants to ensure a total ban on the use of all such weapons across the world.
It said that the OPCW should take action to destroy stockpiles of chemical weapons in Libya, to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorists who could use them against innocent civilians.
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