The Director of Russian Presidential Cabinet Sergey Ivanov stressed Wednesday that the Soviet Union did not export sarin-carrying warheads to any party.

The Director of Russian Presidential Cabinet Sergey Ivanov stressed Wednesday that the Soviet Union did not export sarin-carrying warheads to any party.

Ivanov's remarks came after news has been circulated indicating that the missile launched near Damascus on August 21 was a Soviet-made.

The Russian  official, who was formerly minister of defense for a 6-year period, said that "such writings (Alkerilah letters) were found on the land-land missiles made in the Soviet Union between 1950 and 1960."

Ivanov said that these older missiles have been exported to dozens of countries, including Libya, underlying that "the Soviet Union has never exported warheads carrying sarin gas to any party."

He added that many of the world intelligence services want to know where are such missiles now, as well as man-portable air defense missiles from Libya.

Ivanov stressed that Syrian army cannot use this missile if it belongs to the Libyan arsenal.

The Russian official noted that the UN commission of inquiry found large packages containing sarin gas remains in the place of chemical attack, explaining that any army in the world has never used these packages and they are hand-made probably.

On the other hand, Ivanov said the dialogue with the opposition, which comply with the law and the game rules as possible, is needed and even welcome, pointing out that it is extremely difficult to conduct a dialogue with the opposition forces that do not abide by the law.