DATE:
05/08/2008
Text of report by Belarusian privately-owned news agency Belapan
Minsk, 5 August: Military supplies to Sudan have been carried out observing the UN sanctions, the Foreign Ministry told the Belapan news agency.
We recall, on 5 August the UN register on conventional armaments got the information about the dealings of Belarus at the international weapons market in 2007. In particular, Sudan was reported to having received two armoured personnel-carriers BTR-70, modernized to the level of Cobra K2K and Cobra K2.
The interlocutor told the agency that the current sanctions against Sudan, in particular the UN Security Council Resolution 1591 of 29 March 2005, do not ban trade with the federal government. The ban extends to the military supplies to Darfur Province.
Originally published by Belapan news agency, Minsk, in Russian 0813 5 Aug 08.
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