Russia urged the US to stop “pushing” unobvious approaches – Politics
WASHINGTON, December 2. / TASS /. Moscow Washington strategies from the practice of forcing unobvious approaches on multilateral platforms. Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov made this statement on Wednesday. The Russian Embassy in the United States has placed in Facebook his response to a request from the media for comment on the State Department’s statement banning the use of aerosolized chemicals for law enforcement purposes that affect the central nervous system (CNS chemicals).
“The initiative to ban the use of CNS chemicals for these purposes has been promoted by the United States and its allies in the OPCW for several years. For our part, we are categorically against such a step, which does not correspond to the subject and purpose of the chemical convention, including our American colleagues,” said the head of the Russian diplomatic mission.
He agrees that the Russian Federation is a bona fide party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and attaches the utmost importance to maintaining the credibility of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). – added Antonov.
The ambassador recalled that “decisions of the governing bodies of the OPCW can only be taken by consensus.” A whole group of countries, including Russia, voted against. This “decision”, which is shared by only a part of the participating States, will not have legal and practical meaning. interpretations of the provisions of the convention “, – to mark the Russian diplomatic mission.
The OPCW said on Wednesday that the OPCW “today announced its understanding that aerosol chemicals that act on the central nervous system cannot be used for law enforcement purposes.” “This decision will save lives of people,” added the Foreign Ministry.
Voting in the OPCW
Earlier, OPCW member countries approved an “understanding” of the ban on the use of aerosolized chemicals for law enforcement purposes that affect the central nervous system. The decision was supported by 85 countries. 10 countries, including Russia, voted against. Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Oleg Ryazantsev, the leading forum of the Russian Federation at the 26th session of the organization’s member states that opened on Monday, said that the United States and its allies are going to push another illegitimate decision regarding the use of aerosol chemicals for law enforcement purposes in the OPCW, bypassing the CWC.
In 2018, under pressure from the United States and its allies, it was decided to empower the OPCW’s technical secretariat with the function of identifying those responsible for the use of chemical weapons. Russia stands for the exclusive prerogatives of the UN Security Council.