Question St. Kimbouropoulos to Commission on ‘allegations of chemical weapons use by Turkey against Kurds’

Send “UN chemical weapons inspectors to investigate possible use of chemical weapons by Turkey against Kurds in northeastern Iraq” and “impose sanctions in Turkey, restrictive measures and the use of chemical weapons “, demands from the European Commission the ND MEP, Stelios Kimbouropoulos.

“Continuing allegations of human rights abuses and the use of chemical weapons by Turkey against Kurds in northeastern Iraq,” he said in a statement. “International organizations stress that Turkish military forces “They show a disgraceful indifference to the human rights and lives of civilians, carrying out serious attacks and war crimes, which have resulted in the death and injury of civilians.”

He added: “It has not yet been proven that Turkey uses a specific chemical weapon, however, the effects of the weapons it is attacking match the description of mustard gas (IARCVolume 9, Supplement 7), which causes biochemical changes in all vital organs “.

For the above reasons, Mr. Kympouropoulos asks the European Commission whether the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy intends to “request that special UN chemical weapons inspectors be sent to verify the use or non-use of chemical weapons”. “Strengthen Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/259 of 17 February 2015 in support of the activities of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the framework of the implementation of the EU strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction” and “to impose, if the use is confirmed, a sanctions regime in Turkey, such as Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 of 15 October 2018, on restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons in Syria”.