19 October 2016

News Story: Bangladesh committed to work for chemical weapons free world

DHAKA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh has expressed its commitment to continue to promote peaceful use of chemicals and create a world free of chemical weapons, Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

"Bangladesh, as a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, would continue to promote peaceful use of chemicals and create a world free of chemical weapons," Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali was quoted as saying during a meeting with Ahmet Üzümcü, director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Dhaka.

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