Arms Sales Embargo

HC Deb 28 June 1994 vol 245 cc522-3W

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries on which the United Kingdom has imposed an arms sales embargo.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

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

We also observe embargoes imposed by the European Union on Syria, 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.