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Russia has no evidence Syria may use chemical weapons - Patrushev

"The Syrian government has promised us that it will not permit its proliferation", he said

MOSCOW, December 9 (Itar-Tass) —— Russia has no reasons to believe that Syria is going to use chemical weapons, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told the media on Sunday.

“We do know that Syria has chemical weapons. The Syrian government has promised us that it will not permit its proliferation. We have no evidence there may be some problems with chemical weapons,” he said.