US denies access to chemical facilities as it has something to hide — Foreign Ministry

The United States is blocking a trip of Russian specialists to a facility for the destruction of chemical weapons in Colorado as it has something to hide, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary on Tuesday. OPCW Executive Council, causes outrage in connection with a trip of an Executive Council’s delegation to the facility to destroy chemical weapons in the US state of Colorado. Within the framework of inspection mechanisms in effect, the Russian side has a full right to visit US chemical facilities, as US representatives were doing in due time in Russia without being hindered. However, when the question came up about a visit of Russian specialists to the US, Jana Reinisova practically blocked such possibility," the ministry said.