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Serbian FM: "Belgrade should not sell arms to Armenia"

11 January 2007 [00:51] - TODAY.AZ
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic criticized arm selling to Armenia. The minister noted that the steps taken by President Tadic are contrary to Prime Minister Voislav Kostunica's opinion.

"To sell arms to Armenia is Serbia government's business. We only provide a political opinion, and that opinion has not changed from the outset. We have long declared that the OSCE has imposed an arms embargo on Armenia and Azerbaijan because of the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh and that there is an instructive Resolution 8153 by the UN Security Council that requires all countries to refrain from supplying "any arms or ammunition to Armenia or Azerbaijan," underlined Draskovic.

The minister also noted that, US has a decision on banning cooperation with the country that violates embargo law.

"Kraguevache plant gets $20m profit from arm selling to the U.S. That is why by selling arm cost $2m we put our profit under risk. On the other hand the government should compensate the losses," he said.

The minister said that if the president agrees to sell armaments to Armenia, he would have give explanation to UN and OSCE because of violation of resolutions and embargo law. APA

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