OPCW says Syria will meet Nov 1 deadline of chemical weapons destruction

International chemical weapons watchdog has said Syria will meet the November 1 deadline for destroying all equipment used in the production and mixing of poison gases and nerve agents.

A spokesman for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Michael Luhan, said the Syrian government completely co-operated with the 27 U.N. weapons inspectors to disarm the nation from deadly chemical arsenals, the Guardian reports.

Luhan also confirmed that the inspectors will deliver an official inventory of Syria’s chemical stockpiles to the OPCW headquarters in Hague within next 24 hours.

According to the report, investigators had visited 18 of the 23 chemical weapons sites declared by Damascus.

Luhan further added that "low tech, quick and cheap" methods were being used, such as filling equipment with concrete, smashing it, sometimes using heavy vehicles, to destroy the arsenals.