Following some diplomatic blowback, the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced this week that the country was halting all arms exports.
The announcement, delivered both by Vucic in an interview and a statement from the Serbian Ministry of Defense, lays out that all exports of weapons and military equipment manufactured in Serbia are suspended. Any future exports would require, “in addition to the consent of other competent ministries and agencies, the consent of the National Security Council.”
The move comes as Serbia is catching heat from longtime ally Russia over munitions from the Balkan country appearing in Ukraine, possibly via third-party sources. This is exacerbated by reports that Belgrade also sold some 42.3 million euros’ worth of arms to Israel. Iran, currently involved in a high-profile war with Israel, is a key Russian ally in the Middle East.
The news could have adverse effects on a couple of well-known brands in gun stores here in the States. …
Or, PPU-Prvi Partizan ammo… which is weird because PPU is a NATO supplier.