Final destruction of Syrian chemicals slides to end June


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Jan 2014

Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks during an interview in Rome January 16, 2014. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

ROME (Reuters) - The removal and destruction of the most dangerous agents in Syria's chemical arsenal will likely be delayed until the end of June because of logistical and security problems, the head of the world's chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday.

Mustard gas and the components for making Sarin and VX - known as "primary" agents - were originally to have been destroyed by the end of March.

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