AFP, The isolated former Soviet republic of Belarus said Nov. 19 that its arms sales in recent years mainly went to four countries, including Iran and Sudan.
Minsk has exported tanks, armored personnel carriers and heavy artillery to Tehran, Khartoum, the Ivory Coast and Algeria, said Vasily Pavlov, top arms export control official at the Foreign Ministry here.
However, he denied any Belarussian military exports to Iraq under ousted president Saddam Hussein.
Washington has accused the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko of selling military communications equipment to Iraq in violation of the U.N. embargo before the U.S.-led invasion in March.
Pavlov presented a report on Belarussian arms sales in 2002 and 2003 to reporters.
