§ Mr. MillerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries to which Her Majesty's Government refuse to sell arms, in each case giving the criteria for the embargo.
§ Mr. David DavisWe observe mandatory United Nations embargoes on Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Liberia, Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) UNITA (Angola) and Rwanda; European Union embargoes on China, Burma, Zaire and Sudan; an Organisation on Security and Co-operation in Europe embargo on Armenia and Azerbaijan.
In addition we do not supply military equipment to Argentina or Iran.
We also observe the EU policy of applying a presumption of denial for new export licence applications for defence equipment for Nigeria, and the UN policy of encouraging a reduction in military expenditure by Cyprus.