10 European armored vehicles for OPCW experts

(BRUSSELS2) Ten armored vehicles will be provided to the experts of the OPCW (the international organization against chemical weapons). " The contract was signed today for 2 million euros. 8 will arrive next week in Beirut to be shipped to Syria. And two more will follow said Catherine Ashton's spokesperson today, welcoming the Nobel Prize awarded to this organization. This is to support the chemical weapons dismantling process carried out by the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons). These new vehicles will arrive in Beirut next week. They are in addition to the 25 already made available to the observers of the joint Arab League / UN mission at the start of the conflict, as B2 had already indicated at the end of September (see on the Club: Europeans ready to help destroy chemical weapons)