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Australia says it takes responsiblity for foreign leaders' protection, but doesn't mention anything about armed australian bodyguards.RWANDAN President Paul Kagame's bodyguards have had their guns confiscated by police and customs officials at a north Queensland airport.
A spokesman for federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said today the bodyguards ignored advice before their arrival at Townsville yesterday that under Australia's security arrangements for foreign dignitaries they would not be allowed to carry guns.
"This is generally a no-no and they were aware of that when they arrived," the spokesman said.
"They were asked, and this is a fairly routine question for security people, if they were carrying firearms, and they said 'yes'."
The guns were handed over for safekeeping in Townsville and would be returned when the president and his bodyguards left Australia next week, the spokesman said.
"We take responsibility for the protection of visiting dignitaries ... and as a general rule, bodyguards don't carry firearms when they are with a visiting dignitary."
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President Kagame is a former guerilla fighter with Rwanda's National Resistance Army.
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