Government Bans Arms Exports After Iraq Flap
Bosnia-Herzegovina’s government has imposed a ban on all exports of arms and military equipment after its Serbian region was caught violating the U.N. arms embargo on Iraq.
The move followed the removal Monday night of the Bosnian Serb defense minister and army chief, which brought to five the number of Bosnian Serb officials punished over the export of parts for Iraqi MIG-21 aircraft by the state-owned Orao factory.
Earlier this month, the government assumed authority for the export of arms from the country’s two autonomous regions, the Republika Srpska and the Muslim-Croat Federation.
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