“Ministries clash over cluster bombs”

The Foreign Ministry supports the signing of the convention prohibiting the use of cluster bombs, but the Defense Ministry does not, daily Politika writes.

Izvor: Politika

Thursday, 12.03.2009.

11:55

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The Foreign Ministry supports the signing of the convention prohibiting the use of cluster bombs, but the Defense Ministry does not, daily Politika writes. The convention has been signed by 95 countries since its inception in December 2008, but not Serbia, even though it was once of the greatest victims of cluster bombs used in the NATO air strikes of 1999. “Ministries clash over cluster bombs” The Foreign Ministry told Politika that they viewed the signing of the convention positively, and that joining the convention would strengthen Serbia’s role in the international community. According to the daily’s unofficial sources from the Foreign Ministry, it is the Defense Ministry and National Security Council’s job to decide whether to sign the convention. The Defense Ministry unofficially stated that it had conveyed its view to the Foreign Ministry and the National Security Council, which, based on those estimates, will make a final decision, since the Defense Ministry cannot make a decision on that independently. The Defense Ministry explains that there are different generations of weapons and that the UK signed the convention while introducing new “smart” bombs, adding that the convention could be looked on as a liquidation of the old arsenals and the introduction of new weapons. Military analyst Aleksandar Radic said that it was no secret that the Serbian military still had cluster bombs that were used during the wars of the 1990s and were still present in the domestic arsenal.

“Ministries clash over cluster bombs”

The Foreign Ministry told Politika that they viewed the signing of the convention positively, and that joining the convention would strengthen Serbia’s role in the international community.

According to the daily’s unofficial sources from the Foreign Ministry, it is the Defense Ministry and National Security Council’s job to decide whether to sign the convention.

The Defense Ministry unofficially stated that it had conveyed its view to the Foreign Ministry and the National Security Council, which, based on those estimates, will make a final decision, since the Defense Ministry cannot make a decision on that independently.

The Defense Ministry explains that there are different generations of weapons and that the UK signed the convention while introducing new “smart” bombs, adding that the convention could be looked on as a liquidation of the old arsenals and the introduction of new weapons.

Military analyst Aleksandar Radić said that it was no secret that the Serbian military still had cluster bombs that were used during the wars of the 1990s and were still present in the domestic arsenal.

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