Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaroslav Neverovič met with Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Rogelio Pfirter who is paying a visit in Lithuania.
Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaroslav Neverovič met with Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Rogelio Pfirter who is paying a visit in Lithuania.
During the conversation, Vice-Minister highlighted the active role of the organisation in solving the issues of disarmament and non-proliferation of chemical weapons, and expressed firm Lithuania’s support to its activities.
‘Lithuania fully implements the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention and is ready to continue cooperating with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in efforts to guarantee security in the world,’ said J.Neverovič.
Thanking Lithuania for its support to the activities of the organization that he heads, R.Pfirter emphasized that Lithuania was one of those countries that completely implemented the undertaken obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention.
During the meeting the issues of destruction of chemical weapons in the countries, which still have stockpiles of such weapons, were discussed.
J.Neverovič highlighted the threat of the sea-dumped chemical weapons and reminded of the initiatives of Lithuania to encourage international cooperation on this issue.
‘Assessing the experience that has been accumulated by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, we think that it is an appropriate forum for promoting a voluntary cooperation of countries in exchanging data on the sea-dumped chemical weapons,’ said J. Neverovič.
R.Pfirter was glad about the success of the seminar on the sea-dumped chemical weapons, which was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, and stressed that if all the members of the organisation approved of it, then there would be no obstacles dealing with issues of the sea-dumped chemical weapons.
From 30 September to 1 October in Vilnius, during the seminar, in which representatives from 27 countries took part, these countries are members of the United Nations, the European Union, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and other international and non-governmental organisations. Participants of the seminar agreed on the significance of international cooperation in exchanging the information on the sea-dumped chemical weapons.