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Syria: Chemical Weapons

Commons · Question 19062 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK is participating in international action to (a) identify and (b) destroy chemical weapon (i) production sites and (ii) depots in Syria.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 17 Dec 2024

The brutal history of chemical weapons use in Syria must never be repeated. We have been closely monitoring developments as they unfold and engaging with partners in the region and with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). We w...