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Article: China, Russia still producing biological weapons, study says: Nation's programs were banned by 1972 convention.(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 8, 1996
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China and Russia, as well as other nations, continue to maintain illegal biological-weapons programs banned by the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention, says an annual report to Congress released yesterday by the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
The report on arms-treaty compliance states that Russia, in particular, has failed to resolve questions about its illegal biological-weapons facilities despite a pledge by Russian President Boris Yeltsin to halt the germ-weapons program.
The administration is continuing "to work with the Russian leadership to ensure complete termination of the illegal program," the document says.
The report ...