Arms sanctions against Eritrea approved
The government has decided to impose an arms embargo against Eritrea, following a decision by the United Nations Security Council.
The UN Security Council approved the move and other sanctions in late December last year over Eritrea supplying weapons to Islamic insurgents opposed to the Somali government and refusing to resolve a border dispute with neighboring Djibouti.
Switzerland’s embargo will come into force on Thursday and will concern the delivery, sale and export of all munitions to Eritrea, the economics ministry said in a statement. The financing of munitions or military activities is also banned.
“By supporting Somali rebel groups, Eritrea endangers the peace efforts and the stability of the region,” the statement said. It also pointed to the Djibouti dispute.
According to the ministry, in the past ten years Switzerland has only exported mine destruction charges, worth SFr60,000 ($57,100), to Eritrea. These went to the UN Emergency Mine Action Assistance in Eritrea.
swissinfo.ch and agencies
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Place your feedbackSegen, United States
Teklai-you claim PFDJ is dangerous to Eritrea and the horn, I have one simple question: What proof do you have? Let me help you answer that....ABSOLUTELY NONE!!!
Teklai......New York, United States
Thank you Switzerland. Thank you for realizing the great danger of PFDJ to the horn in general and the Eritrean people in particular. I have no double the rest of the world will follow your foot steps.
farajat, Australia
tyrant system it got to be stopped before driving everyone towards chaos and terror
robel amanuel, Eritrea
this action by the swiss government reveals nothing but its obeyance to the rerrorist country(USA)which means lack of sovereign decision in switzerland.
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