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Secretary General Ban Calls for Compliance with Arms Embargo as Attack Helicopters Delivered to Cote d’Ivoire

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 February 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for full compliance with the arms embargo placed on Côte d’Ivoire, in the wake of reports that Belarus has provided attack helicopters to forces loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo.

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“The Secretary-General has learned with deep concern that three attack helicopters and related materiel from Belarus are reportedly being delivered at Yamoussoukro for Mr. Gbagbo’s forces,” Mr. Ban’s spokesperson said in a statementissued overnight,…

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