PRAGUE, May 4. /TASS/. Nerve agents like Novichok are being tested but are not produced in the Czech Republic, the country’s Defense Ministry said in a statement circulated on Friday.
"For the purpose of protecting and providing security to Czech citizens, these substances [belonging to the Novichok group] were included in the [ongoing programs of] testing their chemical properties," the document says.
"This is being done exactly in the same manner as with other chemical warfare agents, for example, sarin or tabun," the statement says.
Czech Republic testing but not producing Novichok nerve agent — Defense Ministry
The tests were made for the purpose of protecting and providing security to Czech citizens, according to the country’s Defense Ministry