The government is contributing €15,000 towards the Special Trust Fund which will be managed by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemicals Weapons to support efforts to destroy Syrian chemical weapons in commercial facilities.
The fund was established on November 19. Ambassador Martin Valentino, Malta's permanent representative at the OPCW, said the Government remained committed to support the efforts, work and measures being taken by the OPCW Technical Secretariat, in cooperation and coordination with the international community and OPCW states for the destruction of the weapons