Joint Mission head lauds "quick and constructive" cooperation from Damascus

The head of the Joint Mission on Tuesday said that the progress of the mission's progress in the destruction of Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons was made due to "quick and construction collaboration" from Damascus.

Sigrid Kaag, the special coordinator of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations, made the statement as she was speaking to reporters here after she briefed the UN Security Council on the international efforts to rid the war-torn Syria of chemical weapons.

"We benefited from Syria's quick and constructive collaboration, " she said, referring to the progress that the Joint Mission has made on the ground.

The Joint Mission, which has been established in order to achieve the timely elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons program in the safest and most secure manner, will continue the work undertaken by an OPCWUN advance team in Syria since the beginning of this month.