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Russia says Syria is acting to secure its chemical weapons

By REUTERS

DECEMBER 24, 2012 18:10

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said he doesn't believe Syrian President Bashar Assad's government would use chemical weapons in the country's civil war, saying in remarks broadcast on Monday that to do so would be "political suicide".

Lavrov told the Russia Today (RT) television channel that recent signs that parts of Syria's chemical arsenal were being moved - a development that alarmed Western governments - was an effort by the government to make the weapons more secure.

"Our information is ... that the latest reports about some movement of the chemical weapons was related to steps undertaken by the government to concentrate the chemical stuff ... at two sites, to make sure it is absolutely protected," he said.

This correlated with information the Americans had, he said.

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