Germany to Assist Russia with CW Destruction

Germany is expected to help Russia construct a chemical weapons destruction facility in the town of Kambarka in the Udmurtia Republic, Interfax reported last week (see GSN, July 21).

The facility is expected to destroy 6,400 tons of lewisite. Construction began in 2003 and is scheduled to be completed by December, according to Interfax.

Germany’s assistance is expected to be akin to that provided to Russia during construction of the chemical weapons destruction plant in Gorny. Germany provided $60 million for work on that facility.

“The German federal government and the government of the Russian Federation have agreed that the German side will assist the construction in Kambarka by delivering components and equipment. The full amount of German aid is” $180 million, the German Embassy in Moscow says in a statement.

The statement says that Russia is willing to consider other cooperative agreements to facilitate weapons destruction.

“The German federal government welcomes the Russian initiative and will consider these proposals. Even now there are plans to step up construction of the chemical weapons destruction facility in Leonidovka in Penza region,” the statement says (Interfax, July 22). .

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