“This decision is a strong signal to the international community against impunity for the use of chemical weapons in accordance with international law and international humanitarian law,” the statement said.
On April 21, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons adopted a draft resolution to suspend the rights and privileges of Syria in the organization.
The document was submitted for consideration by France due to the alleged violation by Damascus of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Russia's Permanent Representative to the OPCW, Alexander Shulgin, called the adoption of the resolution a "black day" in the history of the organization.
The diplomat noted that sooner or later "the truth about the events in Syria will come out."
As Shulgin noted, some Western countries are exerting "tremendous pressure on the technical secretariat" of the OPCW: "first of all, it is the United States and its allies."