Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described, on Tuesday, the transfer of Moroccan tanks, which are being modernized in the Czech Republic, to the combat zone in Ukraine as a “flagrant violation of international laws on arms trade.”
“Moscow considers the Czech Republic’s seizure of Moroccan tanks being modernized in the country with the aim of transferring them to Ukraine as a flagrant violation of international law,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. its website.
He also considered it “further evidence of the hostile attitude of the Czech authorities towards Russia, and Prague’s unhesitation in violating the basic rules of international law governing the arms trade and the confiscation of other people’s property.”
Before the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine in February 2022, Morocco concluded a contract with the Czech company Excalibur Army to modernize 130 T-72B tanks that Morocco purchased from Belarus between 1999 and 2001, according to the ministry. foreign affairs. Of these tanks, 56 were returned to Morocco, while the remaining 74 were confiscated for later transfer to Ukraine.
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