Reports: Russian arms shipment reaches Syria

A Russian cargo ship that was, according to Western officials, carrying arms for the Syrian government, has reached the Syrian port of Tartus.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 31.05.2012.

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A Russian cargo ship that was, according to Western officials, carrying arms for the Syrian government, has reached the Syrian port of Tartus. Human Rights First groups's Sadia Hamid told Reuters that the Professor Katsman docked at Tartus on May 26. Reports: Russian arms shipment reaches Syria Unnamed Western officials have confirmed this statement, noting that the ship, according to their information, was carring arms for the government of Syria, which has been trying to quell an anti-regime uprising for the past 14 months. The British news agency said a spokesman for the Russian mission to the UN was not available for comment. Arab television Al-Arabia reported last Friday on its website that a Russian cargo ship, carrying a large quantity of weapons had set sail for Syria, and would during the weekend reach Tartus. Western diplomats in New York at the time appraised that the news was authentic, speculating at the same time that the owner of the ship was a Russian company that operates on behalf of the state arms exporter Rosoboronexport. Russia - supported by China - used its veto powers at the UN Security Council to prevent an arms embargo to be imposed on Syria. The Middle Eastern country is described as Russia's "biggest weapons buyer". Tanjug

Reports: Russian arms shipment reaches Syria

Unnamed Western officials have confirmed this statement, noting that the ship, according to their information, was carring arms for the government of Syria, which has been trying to quell an anti-regime uprising for the past 14 months.

The British news agency said a spokesman for the Russian mission to the UN was not available for comment.

Arab television Al-Arabia reported last Friday on its website that a Russian cargo ship, carrying a large quantity of weapons had set sail for Syria, and would during the weekend reach Tartus.

Western diplomats in New York at the time appraised that the news was authentic, speculating at the same time that the owner of the ship was a Russian company that operates on behalf of the state arms exporter Rosoboronexport.

Russia - supported by China - used its veto powers at the UN Security Council to prevent an arms embargo to be imposed on Syria. The Middle Eastern country is described as Russia's "biggest weapons buyer".

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