The organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) approved a resolution that limits the rights and privileges of Syria. This happened due to the accusations of the involvement of the Syrian authorities to chemical attacks, writes Reuters.
Damascus lost the right to participate in the vote at the conference of the States Parties and in the Executive Council, to be elected to its composition and conduct any activities on the line of the established structures on its territory.
136 states took part in the voting, the resolution was supported by 87 of them. Another 14 countries, including Russia, spoke out against the document. The resolution was submitted on the initiative of France. The reason was the investigation of chemical attacks in Syria from 2020. The report on his results argues that Damascus is responsible for the three incident with the poisoning substances that occurred in March 2017.
In 2011, Syria was excluded from the League of Arab States until the government of the President of the country Bashar Assad will not protect the Syrian civilian population. ” At the same time, most Arab embassies were closed in Damascus.