UK calls April 18 meeting of global watchdog on nerve agent attack

LONDON: Britain on Thursday called a session of the executive council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) after the body issued a report confirming Britain's findings on the identity of a nerve agent used in an attack last month.

"We will now work tirelessly with our partners to help stamp out the grotesque use of weapons of this kind and we have called a session of the OPCW Executive Council next Wednesday to discuss next steps," Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said in a statement.