BELGRADE, June 24. /TASS/ Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has pledged that Belgrade will not resume exports of weapons and munitions, despite the serious pressure and threats to organize protests at defense enterprises.
"The defense ministry has accepted my order but five entities take part in this process and the National Security Council has issued a relevant order to the ministry of trade, which is the last to sign relevant documents, saying that munitions must not leave the country. This is a serious problem for us, because I have been under strong pressure both from inside the country and from abroad since last night," he told journalists.
He stressed that further arms exports would be possible only when authorized by the National Security Council. "From now on, we will sell munitions and weapons to any country only on the resolution of the National Security Council, absolutely transparently. Today, we have agreements only with Cyprus - their helicopters for our Noras (artillery systems - TASS), and with Azerbaijan. But these supplies will stay strictly in their territories, will not be redirected anywhere else," Vucic said.
In his words, he has already received warnings about possible protests at defense enterprises. "Since I said no, I received a warning that rallies will be organized at defense enterprises in July to show me that exports must continue because this about people’s wages," he stressed.
