Putin: Russia will NOT Be Dictated to on Arms Sales

MOSCOW (ST) – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that only the U.N. Security Council could restrict Russian weapons sales abroad.

“Only sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security Council can serve as a basis for limiting weapons supplies,” Putin said, according to state-run Itar-Tass News Agency.

“In all other cases, nobody can use any pretext to dictate to Russia on how it should trade and with whom,” he was quoted as telling a meeting of a state commission on the arms trade.

M. Daoud