Russia:  U.K. and Norway Will Aid Dismantlement

The United Kingdom and Norway yesterday signed an agreement to help aid Russia in dismantling its chemical weapons stockpile.

Under the agreement, Norway will contribute more than $1 million to the United Kingdom to help fund an electrical transformer needed to operate the Russian disposal plant at Shchuchye (see GSN, Nov. 26).

“I warmly welcome this initiative as a further important step in strengthening international cooperation to destroy chemical weapons,” said Colin Budd, the British ambassador to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.  “We look forward to working closely with our Norwegian and Russian colleagues in implementing this assistance” (U.K. Defense Ministry release, Dec. 6).

Previously, Norway donated a similar amount of funding to aid a U.S. project also at the Shchuchye plant (Nordic Business Report, Dec. 7).

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