The United States signed the Chemical Weapons Convention with other countries in 1997. Photo: AFP
Washington: The US destroyed its decades-old stockpile of chemical weapons.
According to foreign media, US President Joe Biden announced the destruction of the stockpile of old chemical weapons.
President Biden said in the statement that he is proud to announce that the last of the chemical weapons stockpile has been safely destroyed. This initiative will help to protect the world from the horrors of chemical weapons. This is the first time that a recognized and known weapons stockpile has been verifiably destroyed.
Various countries of the world signed a convention for the elimination of chemical weapons in 1997. The United States is the last signatory to the treaty to destroy its stockpiles, but it is likely that many of the treaty nations still have secret stockpiles.
The World Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has described the US announcement as a ‘historic achievement’, saying that this announcement means that the stockpiles of chemical weapons recognized around the world have been completely destroyed and that The process cannot be undone.
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