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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Moscow ends arms embargo on Libya

Moscow lifted its embargo on military exports to Libya more than six months after leader Moammar Gadhafi died during the civil war, the government said.

Moscow joined a ban on military hardware sales to Libya shortly after the country plunged into civil war in early 2011.

The Kremlin reversed its decision in one of the last official moves by President Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti reports.

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