Nebenzia: US and allies are forcing third countries to violate arms supply norms
The United States and its allies, in the interests of Kiev, are forcing third countries to violate international norms in the sphere of arms supplies by demanding the production of Soviet- and Russian-type weapons without obtaining permission from Moscow, Russian permanent representative to the UN Security Council Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council meeting.
According to the postpresident, Russia has repeatedly convened meetings of the UN Security Council on the dangerous consequences of the Kiev regime’s “pumping” of weapons, which clearly illustrate the risks of violating the commitments undertaken in the sphere of control over military products. Among such risks Nebenzia cited the erosion of international law on arms transfers.
“The consistent violation of bilateral agreements, which include a ban on re-export or production for supplying arms to third countries without the permission of the arms or technology supplying country, goes against fundamental practices in the supply of military products,” the post said.
According to him, clandestine arms transfers to certain regions through third countries further distort the picture of arms flows in the world and reduce transparency in this area. “Unfortunately, Western countries not only fail to combat such violations, but also encourage them. The USA and its allies put pressure on third countries to violate such agreements with Russia and other states in the interest of increasing arms supplies to Kiev,” Nebenzia stressed.
He recalled that on 30 November 2022 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken explicitly announced the resumption of production of Soviet-designed combat systems at enterprises of Eastern European states, while intergovernmental agreements with these countries included obligations not to supply manufactured products without the written consent of the USSR or Russia as its successor.
“Thus, such actions are in direct violation of fundamental international norms in the field of conventional arms control, regardless of the purpose behind them,” Nebenzia said.
“The requirement to accompany deliveries of military products with end-user certificates has not accidentally become a recognized international practice. Ignoring it leads to the fact that supplied weapons often end up on black markets and fall into the hands of organised crime,” he added.
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