[HIGHLIGHTS] Biden: The United States is ready to eliminate its chemical weapons stockpiles by the fall of 2023

Biden: "We are on track to complete the process of eliminating our chemical weapons by the fall of this year" The announcement was made on the eve of the Fifth Conference of the States Parties to the Review of the Chemical Weapons Convention in The Hague. Russia's permanent representative to the OPCW, Alexander Shulgin, said that the U.S.

is working on a plan to remove the chemical weapons from the country's arsenal by the end of the year. He said that this would be the first step in a process that would lead to the elimination of all chemical weapons in the country.