Petra News Agency
Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Jordan to Take Part in the OPCW Conference

Amman, Nov. 24 (Petra)--Jordan will take part in meetings of the International Conference of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, (OPCW) which will be held in the Hague next Monday.

Member of the Jordanian delegation taking part in the Conference, Governor Hassan Salahat, said that the conference will discuss the agreement on the production, stockpiling and using of chemical weapons. "The Jordanian delegation, which will be headed by Jordan's ambassador to the Netherlands Ahmad Sat'an Al Hassan, will affirm the importance of prohibiting chemical weapons in all parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East," he added.

The executive council of the conference will also be elected during the conference. Jordan, which is member in the executive council will support Kuwait to be accepted as member in this council.


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