Washington reveals when it will completely eliminate its chemical weapons

Washington plans to completely eliminate its chemical weapons by 2023, a State Department official told the editorial board.

In the department they emphasized that "the US government remains focused on eliminating the remainder of the chemical weapons in the warehouses in Pueblo [state of Colorado] and Richmond [state of Kentucky]."

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that Washington is failing to meet its commitments to eliminate chemical weapons.

On Wednesday (27), Russia eliminated the last kilo of chemical warfare agents from previously existing stocks in the country. Thus, the federal program to eliminate chemical weapons was completed before the deadline and Russia fulfilled all its commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention, destroying about 40 tons of toxic substances.

Russia signed the treaty in 1993 and started a program to eliminate its arsenal in 1996, which allowed it to join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) a year later.