HC Deb 16 January 1995 vol 252 c283W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries currently subject to embargoes on the export of British military equipment.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

We observe mandatory embargoes imposed by the United Nations on Iraq, the former Republic of Yugoslavia, Somalia, Liberia, Libya, Rwanda and UNITA in Angola.

We also observe embargoes imposed by the European Union on China, Burma, Zaire and Sudan.

We observe a voluntary embargo agreed by the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe on Armenia and Azerbaijan.

In addition, as a matter of declared national policy we refuse to supply military equipment to Argentina and Iran.

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