Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Damascus December 10, 2014 in this picture released by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is supplying weapons to Damascus under contracts signed since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, as well as under earlier deals, President Bashar al-Assad said.
Assad's comments, in an interview published by Russian government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Monday, appeared to contradict Moscow's line that any Russian arms supplies to Damascus were agreed before the conflict began.
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