Italian
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L'Albania ha respinto una richiesta degli Stati Uniti di ospitare la distruzione delle armi chimiche della Siria.
Anche la gente in Albania ha avuto il coraggio di dire NO !
Brava Gente ! Complimenti !
Povera Italia :(
Joseph Caristena
English
Albanian 'No' deals blow to Syria chemical weapons plan
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Albania rejected on Friday a U.S. request to host the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, dealing a blow to a U.S.-Russian accord to eliminate the nerve agents from the country's protracted civil war.
Negotiations went down to the wire, delaying the scheduled adoption on
Friday of a step-by-step plan to get rid of 1,300 metric tons of Syria's
sarin, mustard and other agents.
Albania's refusal marked an unprecedented break from its traditionally
staunch allegiance to NATO ally Washington. It followed a storm of
protest in the Adriatic republic, where protesters complained of
exploitation.
"It is
impossible for Albania to get involved in this operation," Prime
Minister Edi Rama, just two months in the job, said in a televised
address to the nation.
"We
lack the necessary capacities to get involved in this operation," he
said, following days of growing protests outside government buildings.
Hundreds of demonstrators, including students cutting school classes,
gathered to denounce the plan on Friday, "NO" painted on their faces.
There was no immediate indication where the United States or Russia
might look next to dispose of thousands of tons of toxic waste.
Friday was the deadline for the details of the plan to be agreed by
Damascus and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
(OPCW) in The Hague.
"There
will be no host country in the decision this afternoon," an OPCW source
said. "But they (the United States) have alternatives." The source did
not elaborate.
Faced with the
threat of U.S. missile strikes, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in
September agreed to destroy the entire chemical weapons stockpile
following a sarin gas attack that killed hundreds of people in Damascus
on August 21.
Washington said only Assad's forces could have carried out the attack, a charge the Syrian leader denied.
TIGHT DEADLINES
A draft proposal being reviewed by the Executive Council on Friday
called for most chemical materials to be removed from Syria in just six
weeks, or by December 31, and for remaining chemical weapons facilities
to be destroyed by March.
Saying it respected Albania's decision, the United States stressed it remained confident of meeting the deadlines.
"The United States will continue to work with Allies and partners as
well as the OPCW and the United Nations to ensure the elimination of
Syria's chemical weapons program," the U.S. embassy in Tirana said in a
statement.
"We remain confident that we will complete elimination of the (weapons) program within the timeline agreed upon," it said.
Still to be worked out, however, is how to safely transport the
chemical weapons through contested territory to a port in northern Syria
to be shipped abroad.
Once
the chemicals are safely out of Syria, the pressure will be off for them
to be destroyed in the short term, but diplomats are concerned they
could fall into the wrong hands, be targeted by militants, or stolen and
sold on the black market.
Final destruction of all toxic material must be completed by the end of
next year, six months beyond the date originally set out in a Russian/US
agreement.
The timetable is
part of an ambitious disarmament pact, backed by the United Nations and
which may also bring in the support of the NATO military alliance and
other countries offering logistical, financial and technical assistance.
Albania destroyed its own small arsenal of chemical weapons in 2007,
but an expensive facility will need to be built to process up to tens of
thousands of tons of toxic waste that is a byproduct of chemical
weapons destruction.
Link:
https://news.yahoo.com/plan-destroy-syrian-chemical-weapons-awaits-albanian-decision-120249683--finance.html
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