OPCW adopts destruction plan for Syria's chemical weapons stockpile before June 2014

The International chemical weapons watchdog has reportedly adopted a detailed plan for the destruction of Syria's stockpile to be completed before June 30, 2014.

A statement on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) website said that Syrian chemical weapons will be transported for destruction outside its territory to ensure their destruction in the 'safest manner' before June 30, 2014, the BBC reports.

The statement further read that the declared chemical weapons facilities of Syria will undergo sequenced destruction from 15 December to 15 March of 2014 based on a risk-based criterion.

The "most critical" chemicals will be removed by December 31 and rest other chemical substances by February5, except for isopropanol, which is one of the two key ingredients for the nerve agent sarin, the report added.

However, it has not been made clear yet as to where the stockpile will be transported for destruction.

OPCW has reportedly compiled with its Friday's deadline to arrive at a final destruction timetable, which was set under a US-Russia brokered plan backed by the UN.

The plan has been adopted, despite an earlier request being rejected from Albania for hosting the destruction.