On March 11, 2019, the Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the OPCW held a briefing “Incident in Douma through the Eyes of Russian Experts”.

President of the Foundation for the Study of Democracy Maxim Grigoriev held a briefing “Chemical Weapons in Syria: Information and Disinformation” at OPCW on March 11, 2019.

The OPCW Executive Council convened in The Hague on February 25 to discuss Russia’s proposal on additions to the lists of chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention.

On February 21, 2019, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Netherlands hosted a reception to mark the Defender of the Motherland Day.

The United States and its allies oppose Russia's proposal to extend the list of banned chemical substances by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Earlier this year, both during our briefings and on the Foreign Ministry’s website (comment of February 11), our ministry published materials on preparing tripartite consultations with Australia and the Netherlands on the MH17 crash.