From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Thu Feb 04 2010 - 10:53:51 EST
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/index/Arms_sanctions_against_Eritrea_approved.html?cid=8225696
Feb 3, 2010 - 11:02
Arms sanctions against Eritrea approved
The government has decided to impose an arms embargo against Eritrea,
following a decision by the United Nations Security Council.
The UN Security Council approved the move and other sanctions in late
December last year over Eritrea supplying weapons to Islamic insurgents
opposed to the Somali government and refusing to resolve a border dispute
with neighboring Djibouti.
Switzerland’s embargo will come into force on Thursday and will concern the
delivery, sale and export of all munitions to Eritrea, the economics
ministry said in a statement. The financing of munitions or military
activities is also banned.
“By supporting Somali rebel groups, Eritrea endangers the peace efforts and
the stability of the region,” the statement said. It also pointed to the
Djibouti dispute.
According to the ministry, in the past ten years Switzerland has only
exported mine destruction charges, worth SFr60,000 ($57,100), to Eritrea.
These went to the UN Emergency Mine Action Assistance in Eritrea.
swissinfo.ch and agencies
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