Russia Receives Additional CW Disposal Support

Several nations have offered additional support for Russia’s efforts to eliminate its stockpile of chemical weapons, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Monday (see GSN, Dec. 1).

The governments of Sweden and the United Kingdom on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding formalizing their collaborative support for Moscow’s chemical munitions disposal under the 2001 United Kingdom-Russia Agreement.

Sweden is contributing $700,000 to help supply electricity to the Shchuchye disposal facility, according to an OPCW press release. The plant is scheduled to begin operation by 2009.

The Czech government also recently contributed $228,166 for electricity at the Shchuchye site (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons release, Dec. 12).

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