The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, on Wednesday 21 April welcomed the decision adopted the same day by the members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which suspends Syria’s voting rights and privileges due to its non-compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
Of the 136 countries that took part in the vote, 87 voted in favour, 15, including Syria, Russia, China and Iran, voted against...