Putin hails Russia's destruction of chemical weapons, accuses US

The United States has not fulfilled its own obligations to destroy chemical weapons

MOSCOW, RUSSIA:

President Vladimir Putin said Russia was destroying its last supplies of chemical weapons on Wednesday, three years ahead of schedule, hailing the development as “an historic event”.

In televised remarks broadcast by the Rossiya 24 TV channel, Putin also complained that the United States had not fulfilled its own obligations to destroy chemical weapons, saying it had put off doing so three times citing a lack of financial resources.