Germany at OPCW
@Germany_OPCW
The Permanent Representation of Germany to the OPCW
The 🇳🇱 and 🇩🇪 Intel Services AIVD and BND: Russia’s use of chemical weapons in Ukraine is intensifying. They confirm 🇷🇺 is employing chloropicrin, a potentially fatal chemical agent. The Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the use of this agent under any circumstances.
The German-UK Friendship Treaty, which is to be signed today in London, marks a new chapter in the close relations between 🇩🇪 and 🇬🇧. Find out more here: auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolit…
🔴 OPCW confirms presence of riot control agent CS in report on Technical Assistance Visit to Ukraine. OPCW released its third report on its Technical Assistance Visit (TAV) to Ukraine following an alleged use of toxic chemicals as a weapon. The findings confirm the presence of…
Foreign Minister Wadephul is attending the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, where he will discuss topics including the situation in the Middle East with his EU counterparts. He will then attend the #NATOSummit in The Hague with Chancellor Merz and Defence Minister Pistorius.
🧵(1/3) Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.
🇩🇪 voluntary contribution of 100.000 EUR to support UNESCO’s activities in Syria signed today with DDG&ADG Pax Xing Qu, reaffirming our commitment to peace, education, culture and media. Important step to implement recently adopted initiative by 221st #UNESCOExecutiveBoard.
Chancellor Merz is travelling to Kyiv with his 🇫🇷, 🇵🇱 and 🇬🇧 counterparts. "#Ukraine can count on us."
Auf dem Weg nach Kyjiw. Die Ukraine kann sich auf uns verlassen.
The #Chernobyl nuclear meltdown on 26 April 1986 marks a black day in our collective memory. Radioactive material spread through Europe. In its war of aggression, Russia today deliberately jeopardizes the safety of Ukrainian nuclear power plants. This must stop.
The defining questions of our time can only be solved together. On the Int'l Day of #multilateralism and #diplomacy for peace, the Ambassadors of Germany to the UN share how multilateralism makes a difference.
Ambassador Aidit Erkin, together with the Ambassadors of 🇲🇳 🇹🇯 🇹🇲, met with H.E. Thomas Schieb, Permanent Representative of @Germany_OPCW. The sides discussed cooperation within the OPCW. Grateful to @MngEmbBrussels for initiating the format.
#OnThisDay 110 years ago was the first large-scale use of chemical weapons in Ieper, Belgium. Today, with peace as our guiding light, the OPCW is committed to ensuring that past horrors of chemical weapons remain only as history. 🕊️
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution identified covert attempts by Russia to influence the 🇩🇪general election of 23 February via disinformation in the form of videos, text material and images containing incorrect information and generated in part by AI. ⬇️
7 years ago today, the Assad regime carried out a horrific chemical attack in Douma, killing dozens of innocent civilians, including women and children. With Assad gone, 🇬🇧 is working with partners & the #OPCW to safely rid Syria of Assad's remaining chemical weapons programme.