Russia Disagrees With Decision To Increase OPCW Budget - Delegation Head

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Russia Disagrees With Decision to Increase OPCW Budget - Delegation Head

Georgy Kalamanov, the head of the Russian delegation at the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Hague, said Tuesday Russia disagreed with the decision to increase the budget of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

THE HAGUE (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th November, 2018) Georgy Kalamanov, the head of the Russian delegation at the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Hague, said Tuesday Russia disagreed with the decision to increase the budget of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

The conference earlier Tuesday approved the expanded OPCW budget for 2019 paving the way for the global chemical weapons watchdog to gain additional powers to assign responsibility for chemical attacks.

"Such a decision will lead to an increase in the organization's budget by [$] 2.

4 million. As we have already said, these are the funds that the Secretariat plans to allocate for attribution, for the creation of a mechanism, for recruitment. Russia and countries that support our position disagree with the decision. Now it is necessary to think about how this organization will develop further," Kalamanov said.

He said it was too early to talk about Russia's withdrawal from the OPCW following the budget increase decision, adding that Moscow would however draw conclusions.