“Zastava didn’t sell weapons to Georgia”

The Zastava Weapons factory denies selling weapons to Georgia.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 14.08.2008.

15:22

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The Zastava Weapons factory denies selling weapons to Georgia. “I can certify that Zastava’s weapons have not been exported to Georgia nor has a single Zastava rifle gone to that country in the last ten years,” said Zastava Weapons Director Rade Gromovic, adding that the factory had not had any request or agreement for shipments to Georgia. “Zastava didn’t sell weapons to Georgia” Gromovic said that “there was an export license for Georgia for certain types of lethal ammunition, but those are products made by Sloboda from Cacak and Krusik from Valjevo, and the sale never took place because no transport license was received.” “As a result, the state reimbursed these factories for the production expenses,” he explained. He said that this information could be confirmed at the competent ministry that had assumed the responsibilities of the former Ministry for International Economic Relations. Workers at the Zastava Weapons factory went on strike for four days in December 2006 after an export license was refused. However, the license in question was not for Georgia, but Armenia, worth EUR 2.5mn. The protest was ended at the request of the Serbian government. President Boris Tadic met with the workers then, as did former Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Alexeyev. According to a statement, Alexeyev told Tadic of a positive response from the Russian side concerning the president’s initiative to solve the problem of exporting products from the Zastava Weapons factory to Armenia. Tadic and Alexeyev agreed at the time that the quantity and type of weapons concerned would not be detrimental to the balance of power in the Caspian region.

“Zastava didn’t sell weapons to Georgia”

Gromović said that “there was an export license for Georgia for certain types of lethal ammunition, but those are products made by Sloboda from Čačak and Krušik from Valjevo, and the sale never took place because no transport license was received.”

“As a result, the state reimbursed these factories for the production expenses,” he explained.

He said that this information could be confirmed at the competent ministry that had assumed the responsibilities of the former Ministry for International Economic Relations.

Workers at the Zastava Weapons factory went on strike for four days in December 2006 after an export license was refused. However, the license in question was not for Georgia, but Armenia, worth EUR 2.5mn. The protest was ended at the request of the Serbian government.

President Boris Tadić met with the workers then, as did former Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Alexeyev.

According to a statement, Alexeyev told Tadić of a positive response from the Russian side concerning the president’s initiative to solve the problem of exporting products from the Zastava Weapons factory to Armenia.

Tadić and Alexeyev agreed at the time that the quantity and type of weapons concerned would not be detrimental to the balance of power in the Caspian region.

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