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07Oct13
Chemical experts satisfied with work in Syria: source
An official with the joint mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations said Monday that their first day of destroying Syria's chemical weapons was "excellent."
"It was an excellent first day... There will be many more days and more milestones and we expect the continued cooperation of all concerned parties so that we can pass those milestones effectively, " the official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The joint team announced that the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons program began Sunday.
Under the supervision of experts from the OPCW and the U.N., Syrian personnel used cutting torches and angle grinders to destroy or disable a range of items, including missile warheads, aerial bombs and mixing and filling equipment, the team said in a statement obtained by Xinhua late on Sunday.
The process will continue in the coming days, the statement added.
The experts arrived in Syria last Tuesday and met with Syrian foreign ministry officials before they started their ground work to find and dismantle an estimated 1,000-ton chemical arsenal in the country.
The United Nations Security Council said the OPCW will help Syria destroy its chemical weapons by mid-2014. The mission will be expanded as more investigators will arrive in Damascus next week.
[Source: Xinhua, Damascus, 07Oct13]
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