China Vows to Toughen Control After Report of Libya Arm Sales
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China said it will tighten control over exports of arms following a report that companies offered to sell weapons to Muammar Qaddafi’s regime in violation of United Nations sanctions.
Talks between the companies and Qaddafi’s representatives in Beijing in July took place without the government’s knowledge, Jiang Yu, a spokeswoman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in Beijing yesterday. The companies were acting on their own, she said at a briefing today, adding that China hoped Libya’s new government would respect its interests and honor existing contracts.