Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says insurgent groups fighting against the Syrian government have obtained 50 Stinger shoulder-launched missiles. Lavrov said in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on Tuesday that Moscow knows that Syria's insurgents have obtained the lethal weapons from outside to hit (government) fighter jets. He made the remarks after meeting former Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab, who defected from the government and escaped to Jordan after he was sacked from his post in August. Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted Lavrov as saying, "Those who are supplying arms to the opposition are delivering systems that are not intended for defense. There is confirmed information that on Syrian territory there are over 50 Stingers". He added, "You know perfectly well what stingers are intended for, all the more so that the leaders of the (terrorist) Free Syrian Army have repeatedly said that civilian planes will be a legitimate target." Lavrov, who is on a two-day visit to Jordan, also met with King Abdullah II, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmud Abbas.