Belgrade, March 03 (EFE).- Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic denied on Friday that Serbia exported arms to Ukraine after the start of the Russian invasion of the country, denying statements to the contrary published in the Russian media.
“Serbia does not export weapons or military equipment to any country that we consider questionable and problematic from an international point of view,” Dacic told reporters in Belgrade.
He indicated that the ministries in charge of granting arms export permits did not issue any authorization “to any of the parties” (of the war between Russia and Ukraine) and assured that “this is verified, there are papers, they are not secret matters”.
“I want to emphatically deny everything that has appeared in some media,” he said.
He was referring to reports published in various Russian pro-government media, in which it is claimed that 3,500 122 mm GRAD projectiles from Serbian producer Krusik were secretly exported to Ukraine via Turkey and Slovakia and via Canadian and American companies.
Russian Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zajárova has asked Belgrade for official information on this matter, which she considers of great importance for relations between the two countries.
Serbia is a traditional ally of Russia and has not joined Western sanctions against the Kremlin, although it has condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
The Krusik company this week denied allegations of selling its missiles to Ukraine.
“Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, none of our projectiles, any mines, have been the subject of contracts in which the end user is one of the parties involved in the conflict,” Krusik said in a statement. on its website.
She adds that the media that covered the case did not present any documents to prove their claims and that their aim was to cause damage to the company and to Serbia.
Serbian Defense Minister Milose Vucevic also said recently that Serbia does not sell arms to any warring country.
He said, however, that “the question of whether private companies buy weapons in third markets and then sell them to companies in other states is not an issue for Serbia”.
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