KAMBARKA, Udmurtia, March 1 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia’s second chemical weapons elimination facility has gone operational in Kambarka, Udmurtia.

It will help Russia comply with its liabilities to the world community, Russian presidential adviser Alexander Buritin said.

“The creation of a second such facility lays the solid basis for the successful implementation of the second phase of chemical weapons elimination,” Buritin said. A total of seven such facilities are to be created.

During the second phase of the program 3,200 tonnes of lewisite will be eliminated in Kambarka. All lewisite in stock there will be destroyed by the end of 2008.

“This fully agrees with the federal chemical weapons elimination program and Russia’s liabilities under the Convention,” Burutin said, adding that Russia appreciated the contribution of its European partners.