HC Deb 11 November 1998 vol 319 c227W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what embargoes on the export of defence equipment, with particular reference to anti-tank weapons, existed in the case of exports to Croatia in(a) 1989, (b) 1990 and (c) 1991. [59049]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

There was no embargo on the export of defence equipment to Croatia in 1989 and 1990. The European Union and its Member States decided on 5 July 1991 to impose an embargo on armaments and military equipment applicable to the whole of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). UNSCR 713 (1991) established a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment to the SFRY with effect from 25 September 1991. The embargoes included anti-tank weapons for export to Croatia. The EU embargo remains in force in respect to Croatia.