Russia Welcomes Italian Chemical Weapons Disposal Aid

Russia has welcomed an offer by Italy to help fund Russian chemical weapons disposal efforts, Gen. Andrei Nikolayev, chairman of the Russian Duma defense committee, said yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 14).

Italy has agreed to provide Russia with more than $1 billion to help Moscow destroy its stockpiles of Soviet-era chemical weapons, Nikolayev said yesterday. Nikolayev met yesterday with Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino, who has been on an official visit to Russia since Oct. 18 (Sergei Ovsiyenko, ITAR-Tass, Oct. 20).

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