UK updates sanctions list relating to Armenia, Azerbaijan

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The United Kingdom has updated a government page providing guidance on the arms embargoes in place on Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“Supplies of military list equipment to other end-users; such as, humanitarian, peacekeeping, research or media organisations, will not be considered subject to the embargo, unless there is a clear risk of diversion to the armed forces, police or security forces of either state,” the information reads.

In February 1992, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) requested that all participating states should introduce an embargo on ‘all deliveries of weapons and munitions to forces engaged in combat in the Nagorno-Karabakh area’. This embargo is still in effect.

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On 2 July 2014, the UK refined its interpretation of the arms embargo as covering the export, supply or delivery of all goods and items on the UK military list (which forms a part of the UK strategic export control lists) where this equipment could be used:

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- in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, or - on the land border between Azerbaijan and Armenia ‌