Albania rejects US request to host disposal of Syria's chemical weapons
Source: Associated Press
AP in Tirana
theguardian.com, Friday 15 November 2013 21.05 GMT
Albania, one of the staunchest supporters of the US, has firmly rejected a request by Washington for it to host the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile.
The surprising refusal on Friday was a major blow to international efforts to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal by mid-2014. It left the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons without a country to host the destruction of Syria's estimated 1,000-tonne arsenal, which includes mustard gas and the deadly nerve agent sarin. Syria says it wants the weapons destroyed outside the country, which has been devastated by the ongoing civil war, and the OPCW has described that as the "most viable" option.
In a televised address from the capital, Tirana, the Albanian prime minister, Edi Rama, said it was "impossible for Albania to take part in this operation".
The announcement was greeted by a loud cheer from some 2,000 protesters camped outside Rama's office to show their strong opposition to the plan, fearing it would be an environmental and health hazard.
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)agree to be the toxic trash bin.
pscot
(21,023 posts)They supplied the raw materials. Or was that the French? We probably paid for it. How typically Capitalist of us, to propose to foist it off on some poor country that has nothing to do with it.
JI7
(89,172 posts)and Saddam got them from UK i think .
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
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