Myanmar has ratified the chemical weapons convention and will become the 191st member of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the body said on Thursday, another step in a rapid period of reform for the Asian country according to a Reuters article on 9 July.
Myanmar's membership takes effect within 30 days, leaving just Angola, Egypt, Israel, North Korea and South Sudan as countries not to have joined.
“Myanmar is committed to fulfilling its obligations under the convention and looks forward to cooperating with other states parties to bring about a world completely free of chemical weapons,” Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin said in a statement.