Belgrade Halts Arms Exports After Russia Says Serbian Weapons Went to Ukraine

Moscow accused Serbia of sending arms to Ukraine through intermediaries despite Belgrade’s official policy of neutrality.

A visitor looks at rifles made by Serbian company Zastava Arms at a defense fair in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 28, 2011. Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said his country will halt the export of arms and ammunition amid Russian accusations that Serbian weapons were being sent via third parties to Ukraine.

“We are not exporting anything now,” Vucic told reporters this week. “We have stopped everything now, and there must be special and specific decisions if anything is going to work.”