An arms trade monitoring group has criticised the sale of 10,000 military missiles by Slovakia to Sri Lanka.
The missiles are designed to be dispatched from multiple rocket launchers.
There are concerns that the sale could constitute a violation of the spirit of the European Union (EU) Code of Conduct on Arms Exports.
The three-metre missiles were due to be shipped to Colombo on Thursday, the BBC said in a news report.
Sri Lanka has been engaged in civil war for 25 years, and Saferworld is concerned that the weapons could be used against civilians.
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