MOSCOW, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The United States had a firm judicial base on the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a Moscow newspaper on Thursday.
According to The Moscow News, Lavrov said the U.S. operation was conducted as a self-defense action in accordance with the UN Charter.
"No one in the world has any doubts that the terrible terror attacks on September 11, 2001 and others which were all masterminded by bin Laden," Lavrov said, stressing that al-Qaida has been responsible for the terror attacks in Russia too.
For years, Russian authorities have long suspected the al-Qaida has been involved in terror attacks in the volatile North Caucasus region.
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