Project: Targeting weapons - misuse of weapons in Serbia24Aug2015
Serbia supports implementation of Arms Trade Treaty
Serbia fully supports the Arms Trade Treaty and is actively working on national institutional modalities that will enable its successful implementation, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday at the First Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), taking place in Cancun, Mexico, the electronic media reported.
The treaty was ratified by Serbia on October 29, 2014, two months before it entered into force.
"We have adopted a new law on the export and import of weapons and military equipment and the law on the export and import of dual-use goods in accordance with the criteria and principles defined by the treaty," said Dacic.
The draft law on international limiting measures is currently in the parliamentary procedure and its adoption is expected soon.
Dacic said that on May 29 Serbia had sent answers to the questionnaire on the basic assessment of national capacities for the implementation of the treaty.
“Serbia is actively working on the national institutional modalities that will enable the successful implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty”, he said.