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<p>The Foreign Secretary said on 18 March that we had information indicating that
within the last decade, Russia has investigated ways of delivering nerve agents likely
for assassination and, as part of this programme, Russia has produced and stockpiled
small quantities of Novichoks. This is a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.</p><p>It
is the responsibility of each State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention to declare
any chemical weapons or chemical weapon production facilities under its ownership
or possession, and to destroy them. Russia should have done so.</p>
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