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Russia ‘does not recognise’ extra powers to global chemical arms body:
official
MOSCOW, June 28, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei
Ryabkov on Thursday said Moscow does not recognise new powers the
international community has given the global chemical weapons watchdog.
“Moscow does not recognise the legitimacy of the new mechanism within the
OPCW (the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons),” Ryabkov
said in comments carried by Russian news agencies.
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1340 hrs