OPCW says last Syrian chemicals packed and ready to exit country

The last lot of Syria's chemical agents are packed and ready to be taken out of the country, the world's chemical watchdog has said.

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said that the chemical agents would be taken to Latakia port and out of the country when the security situation permits.

OPCW head Ahmet Uzumcu told a meeting of the body's Executive Council at headquarters in The Hague that some 100 metric tons of chemicals, or nearly eight percent of Syria's declared stockpile, remain at a single site.

According to news24, Danish and Norwegian ships will take the chemicals from Latakia port to a US ship for destruction at sea, along with sites in Finland, the US and Britain, by 30 June deadline.

The deal was reached after a sarin nerve gas attack in a rebel-held Damascus suburb killed around 1 400 people.