FRANCE: WATCHLIST OF PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS

The French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs has released a watchlist that focuses on 48 people that France deems to have highly likely participated in the development and use of chemical weapons. France is following very closely these individuals’ activities and sharing with its partners information regarding them.  This followed a meeting of the 34 countries that comprise the International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons on 18^th May.  The list is available at –

https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/liste_de_vigilance_cle8c911c.pdf

https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/disarmament-and-non-proliferation/international-partnership-against-impunity-for-the-use-of-chemical-weapons/events/article/international-partnership-against-impunity-for-the-use-of-chemical-weapons

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