MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The initiative, which was initially limited to chemical terrorism, was discussed at the UN Disarmament Conference last month in Geneva where Italy and China proposed expanding it to include bio terrorism.
"As the international practice shows, even in the best-case scenario the development and coming into being of a convention like this will take time," Mikhail Ulyanov, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s nonproliferation and arms control department, told RIA Novosti.
He added that the move was generally welcomed by the 65-nation conference. It will require between 25 and 60 countries to ratify, and the ratification process could take years to run its course.
