Serbia exports arms to Myanmar

BELGRADE, Serbia, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Serbia has been exporting various military equipment and arms to Myanmar ever since the state was known as Burma in mid-1950s, Belgrade’s B92 radio said.

Serbia’s armament exports continued through the regime of the late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic in the 1990s and after democratic changes early in the 2000s, the radio said.

Serbian military analyst Aleksandar Radic told B92 the country’s exports to Myanmar included rifles, big guns and howitzers, light war planes and river boats.

The Serbian Defense Ministry said the armament was sold only to the Myanmar armed forces and not to police, which could misuse arms in their repressive campaigns against monks and civilian dissidents, B92 reported.