The last of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile was destroyed Friday.
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Kentucky performed the procedure on the remaining munition to comply with the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, where 193 countries agreed to eventually destroy their respective stockpiles. America was the final state to comply with the help of another plant in Pueblo, Colorado.
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“Successive administrations have determined that these weapons should never again be developed or deployed, and this accomplishment not only makes good on our long-standing commitment under the Chemical Weapons Convention, it marks the first time an international body has verified destruction of an entire category of declared weapons of mass destruction,” President Joe Biden said in a statement Friday.
However, Biden acknowledged that Russia and Syria are not in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and have committed “brazen atrocities and attacks.”
“Today—as we mark this significant milestone—we must also renew our commitment to forging a future free from chemical weapons,” Biden said. “I continue to encourage the remaining nations to join the Chemical Weapons Convention so that the global ban on chemical weapons can reach its fullest potential.”
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Fernando Arias, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons director-general, called the moment “an important milestone” and “critical step towards achieving its mission to permanently eliminate all chemical weapons.”
States involved in the OPCW have destroyed a total of 72,304.34 metric tonnes since 1997. The involved states include 98% of the world’s population.