China’s Norinco Says It Never Sold Chlorine Gas to Syria

China North Industries Group Corp., the nation’s biggest arms manufacturer, denied it sold Syria chlorine gas allegedly used in a chemical attack last month.

“Norinco is greatly concerned about the incident of chlorine gas attack in Syria as well as its aftermath and has since looked into all our past contracts and historical files,” the company said in an e-mailed statement. “Norinco would hereby solemnly declare, based on our investigations, that we never exported any chlorine gas or its cylinders to Syria.”