Saturday, 26. February 2011
Topic: W A R - on February 26, 2011 at 8:01:00 PM CET
Report details arms sales to Libya
Italy has sold Libya explosives, gun targeting equipment and other military hardware worth tens of millions of euros in the past two years, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported on Saturday.
The newspaper quoted an official report from the Italian interior ministry that listed signed contracts as well as ongoing negotiations between Libya and several major Italian defence companies including industry giant Finmeccanica.
Missile systems maker Mbda Italia signed a deal worth 2.5 million euros ($A3.42 million) in May 2009 to supply Libya with 'material for bombs, torpedoes, rockets and missiles', the interior ministry report was quoted as saying.
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