French Aid Discussed for Russian CW Destruction

French and Russian officials have recently discussed accelerating French cooperation in disposing of Russian chemical weapons, Interfax reported Friday (see GSN, June 11).

During the meeting, the French and Russian delegations discussed a proposal to have France provide chemical weapons destruction aid through an existing Swiss-Russian agreement, according to Interfax (see GSN, Jan. 28). The two countries also discussed French support in establishing an environmental monitoring agency in 2006 at a chemical weapons disposal plant under construction near the town of Shchuchye, Interfax reported (Interfax, July 9).

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