Azerbaijan considering filing lawsuit against companies selling sniper rifles to Armenia

  11 February 2016    Read: 1859
Azerbaijan considering filing lawsuit against companies selling sniper rifles to Armenia
Azerbaijan is considering the issue of filing a lawsuit against Accuracy International (UK) and PGM Precision (France) — the two companies accused of selling sniper rifles to Armenia and is set of appeal to a special judicial company in order to file a lawsuit in court, APA has learned.

Although the rifles are manufactured by Accuracy International (UK) and PGM Precision (France), their sales have been realized by a third company operating in France and that company is said to have closed. There is no exact information on how the company name or how many weapons it sold. Information in this regard will be investigated by court.

Earlier, there have been reports on social networks that the Armenian army is equipped with the French-made PGM Mini-Hecate .338 and British-made Arctic Warfare.338 LM.

France and the UK have always stated their compliance with the arms embargo imposed on both Armenia and Azerbaijan under the relevant decision of OSCE.

According to the export control regime, the exporter should be required the end-user certificate during export-import operations.

British arms dealer Michael Ranger was jailed for three a

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