Yerevan hosts 24th regional meeting of national authorities of OPCW   Eastern European countries

ArmInfo.The 24th regional meeting of the national authorities of the Eastern European countries  of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was held in Yerevan on June 11-12.

According to the Persian service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, it  serves as a platform for strengthening cooperation between national  authorities, facilitating the exchange of best practices, as well as  increasing the capacity for effective and sustainable implementation  of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

Welcoming remarks were made at the meeting by Arman Hovhannisyan,  Head of the International Security Department of the Armenian Foreign  Ministry, and Beatrice Laup, Head of the Implementation Support  Division of the International Cooperation and Assistance Unit of the  OPCW Technical Secretariat. In his speech, Hovhannisyan emphasized  the importance of the continuity of efforts aimed at achieving the  goals of the Convention, and reaffirmed Armenia's strong commitment  to completely exclude the possibility of the use of chemical weapons  or related hazardous substances. During the two-day meeting,  representatives of the OPCW Technical Secretariat presented the  process of implementing the obligations arising from the Convention  and activities aimed at capacity building. Representatives of  Armenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary and  Romania also made national presentations. On June 13, following the  regional meeting of national authorities, a specially organized event  was held to raise awareness for representatives of state agencies of  the Republic of Armenia that are part of the National Authority.