MOSCOW, December 18. /ITAR-TASS/. The process of eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons runs at full speed in compliance with the schedule, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a Federation Council meeting on Wednesday.
“Now the second stage, which requires consolidation of many countries’ efforts, begins,” he said, recalling that the main parameters of the second stage were approved at the meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Tuesday.