Bern Lifts Weapons Ban to Emirates

Swiss Information service, The government has re-opened the way for the sale of Swiss weapons to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after lifting an export ban imposed last year. On Monday the economics ministry confirmed newspaper reports that the ban was lifted last week following a request from Economics Minister Joseph Deiss. 
 
In August 2005 the cabinet introduced a weapons ban to the UAE following reports that 180 Swiss personnel carriers sold to the UAE and destined for Iraq would not be used for civilian purposes as agreed, thus breaching the so-called end-user certificate. 
 
A few days later it was revealed that 40 tanks sold to the United Arab Emirates in 2004 had ended up in Morocco