Russian Embassy in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, May 6. The Russian Embassy in Washington called on the United States to destroy its chemical arsenal, recalling that Moscow had eliminated its own weapons of this type a few years ago. This is stated in a commentary published on the Telegram channel of the diplomatic mission.
"Local media continue to repeat the administration's odious accusations against our country for allegedly violating the chemical convention. Following the officials, journalists also unsubstantiatedly repeat about the arsenal of chemical weapons that we have preserved and plans to use them in Ukraine", the embassy's post says.
They stressed that Russia completely destroyed chemical weapons back in 2017, and this the fact was confirmed by the OPCW. «It is the United States, and not Russia, that remains the only country party to the Chemical Weapons Convention that has not yet got rid of stockpiles of chemical warfare agents. It is known for sure that Washington has the technical capabilities and financial resources for accelerated chemical demilitarization,» The embassy urged the American public to reflect on why Washington is delaying the elimination of the national arsenal of chemical weapons and why other countries have already coped with this task at home. jpg» />US froze dialogue with Russia on strat stability, Antonov said