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January 8, 2014

Syria Begins Removal of Chemical Stockpile 
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The United Nations has begun moving Syria's chemical weapons stockpile
out of the country as part of the disarmament program agreed to last
year. U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq announced the latest step.

Farhan Haq: "An initial quantity of priority chemical materials was
moved from two sites to the port of Lattakia in Syria for verification
and was then loaded onto a Danish cargo ship today. The vessel has been
accompanied by naval escorts provided by Denmark and Norway, as well as
the Syrian Arab Republic. This movement initiates the process of
transfer of chemical materials from Syria to locations outside its
territory for destruction."

The weapons will eventually be transferred to a U.S. ship and destroyed
in international waters.

 

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