EU condemns use of CWs by Syrian army in 2018

BRUSSELS, Jan 28 (KUNA) - The European Union Saturday "strongly condemned" the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Army, as concluded by a report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Friday.
EU High Representative Josep Borrell in a statement welcomed Friday's release of the third report of the Investigation and Identification Team by OPCW which concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that on 7 April 2018 in the Syrian town Douma, the Syrian Arab Air Force used chlorine during a military attack, killing 43 persons and affecting dozens more.
"The EU strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Army, as concluded by the report," stressed Borrell.
"Its findings further confirm the systematic failure of the Syrian regime to comply with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the United Nations Security Council resolution 2118 (2013)," noted the EU foreign policy chief.
The EU and its Member States will continue to work on national and international levels addressing chemical weapons attacks and other atrocity crimes committed by the Syrian regime, he added. (end) nk.aa