U.K. Pledges More Money for Russian CW Destruction

A British official said yesterday that money given to Russia to build a chemical weapons destruction facility “is being used absolutely as intended” and that the United Kingdom plans to give more, ITAR-Tass reported (see GSN, Sept. 26).

Minister of State for the Armed Forced Adam Ingram visited the Kurgan Region, where the facility is being built, according to ITAR-Tass.

“Our representatives are visiting the site in Shchuchye, into which we have already invested 15 million pounds sterling and intend to contribute at least another 20 million,” Ingram said. “I have already seen the buildings that have been erected and other facilities, and I have been convinced that we have attained great progress here. The problem of destroying reserves of chemical weapons is not only a Russian one and that is why other countries are also taking part in the implementation of the project.”

Nearly 5,000 tons worth of combat charges, shells and missiles filled with chemical agents are stored near Shchuchye (ITAR-Tass, Oct. 13).

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