The appearance of new arms, including those made in NATO countries that are smuggled via illegal channels and fall into the hands of terrorists, has been constantly recorded in Syria, Deputy Director of the Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladislav Antonyuk said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th September, 2018) The appearance of new arms, including those made in NATO countries that are smuggled via illegal channels and fall into the hands of terrorists, has been constantly recorded in Syria, Deputy Director of the Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladislav Antonyuk said on Tuesday.
According to Antonyuk, who was speaking at an international conference against illegal arms supplies, despite the arms control commitments undertaken by Western countries, "weapons, including those produced in NATO countries, constantly get into the hands of terrorists" in Syria.
"Under the scheme used, arms are formally delivered to the countries neighboring Syria or to the third countries that can provide end-user certificates saying that arms will be used only in that particular country ... In spite of the commitments undertaken, arms are [further] transported through special channels to Syria by anti-government groups, including terrorists," Antonyuk stressed.
Moreover, the diplomat noted that arms suppliers often ignored the fact that their products did not reach their intended recipient.
