The Libyan representative at the Organization of Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ali Jibril said Libya was working in coordination with the OPCW to clean the locations where the chemicals were destroyed and the locations where they were previously stored.
Jibril told the press that years of storage of those chemicals by the former regime caused massive pollution, adding that they were destroyed somewhere in southern Libya under the supervision of the OPCW.
“Some of those chemicals were utilized in medicinal fields, while the dangerous ones were destroyed piecemeal and the last stage was last week. We started this program in 2010.” He explained.
He added that the program was interrupted by the security challenges in Libya and that is why “we enlisted assistance from OPCW experts, who monitored the destruction of the entire stockpile,” he added.
Germany announced last week the destruction of the last chemical materials in Libya in one of its facilities in an environment-friendly manner.
The procedure was welcomed by international and local parties and the Libyan Foreign Ministry said last Saturday it received a certificate proving the country chemical-free by the OPCW.
