Experts will only deploy to Douma if given 'unhindered access'

Chemical weapons inspectors will only deploy to the Syrian town of Douma if they are given unhindered access, the OPCW chief says, adding it was unknown when the team would go.

“I shall only consider such deployment following approval” by a UN security team “and provided that our team can have unhindered access to the sites,” Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons chief Ahmet Uzumcu says.

“At present, we do not know when the team can be deployed to Douma,” Uzumcu adds in a statement.

Uzumcu’s warning comes after a UN security team was fired at on Tuesday during a reconnaissance mission to Douma situated just northeast of Damascus.

OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu talks during a press conference, in Rome, January 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

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Experts will only deploy to Douma if given ‘unhindered access’

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