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Chemical weapons watchdog delegation meets with Syria’s new leaders
A delegation from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons arrived in Damascus to meet with Syria's new leaders for the first time since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad.
The delegation includes technical experts and aims to establish contact with Syrian counterparts regarding chemical weapon regulations.
OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias described the talks as 'long, productive and very open' and emphasized the need for compliance with rules on dangerous substances.
The Qatari embassy in The Hague has been acting as the intermediary between the new leadership and the OPCW since the overthrow of the Assad government.
A team of the OPCW control authority has been received by the new leaders in Syria, who want to clarify whether there are still banned chemical weapons in the country - and who used them under dictator Assad.