(MENAFN- UkrinForm) This was reported on X by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, according to Ukrinform.

“We have an important diplomatic victory today in the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Ukraine, Slovakia, and Slovenia have just been elected to the OPCW Executive Council for 2026–2028, while Russia has failed - for the third time in a row,” the minister wrote.

He noted that despite all the efforts of the aggressor state, member countries made a clear choice: a systematic violator of the Chemical Weapons Convention cannot influence the OPCW governing body.

Sybiha emphasized that today's victory is not only an honor but also an important tool to ensure proper and timely responses to chemical threats arising from Russia's aggression against Ukraine.“We will continue working to ensure that international law is upheld and that the world remains protected from the threat of chemical weapons,” the minister assured.

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As previously reported by Ukrinform, on Tuesday, November 25, voting took place at the 30th session of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention in The Hague for seats on the OPCW Executive Council for 2026–2028.

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