30.11 US Offers to Destroy Part of Syrian Chemical Arsenal – Watchdog

BRUSSELS, November 30 (RIA Novosti) - The United States has offered to destroy the most lethal of Syria's chemical weapons on a naval vessel at sea using hydrolysis, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons said Saturday.

Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü announced in a statement to the OPCW Executive Council on Friday that Washington will “contribute a destruction technology, full operational support and financing to neutralize Syria’s priority chemicals, which are to be removed from the country by December 31.”

Üzümcü did not disclose the name of the US ship, but said “a suitable naval vessel is undergoing modifications to support the operations and to accommodate verification activities by the OPCW.”