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Switzerland Halts Arms Exports to Lebanon Due to Missing Weapons
(Swissinfo.ch-Switzerland) On Wednesday, the head of the Swiss Economics Ministry said that exports of war materiel to Lebanon would no longer be allowed. This decision is linked to post-shipment verification last year of 10 assault rifles and 30 sub-machine guns that were exported to Lebanon in 2016. Swiss inspectors were only able to verify and inspect nine of the 40 weapons. It was agreed that the risk of the weapons ending up in undesirable hands is high and justifies a halt in licensing exports.