months the Western Sahara conflict worsened and the violation of human rights came to the camp of El Aaiun, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Trinidad Jimenez, declined to condemn the attitude of Rabat and said: "The Government must put in before the interests of Spain. " These interests are included in exports to the English arms industry made to this North African country.
According to the report the Ministry of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Miguel Sebastian heads, sent last week to the parliamentary groups on data export of defense for the first half of 2010, the Alawite kingdom badly nothing came of these operations. In particular, Spain to Morocco made sales of EUR 1,121,493 for aircraft material. This was at the hands of private firms, but not in its entirety (100% of equipment), the same armed forces who were accused of assaulting the camp of Laayoune.
While the report, industry does not specify in detail the components of this set, it does says it relates to products such as "combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, aero engines, unmanned aerial vehicles, fuel supply, pressurized breathing equipment, parachutes and automatic steering system s. Also, the document in question includes Morocco and export payee "products and dual-use technologies" (civil and military) that reached between January and June last year, a sum close to one million (797,130 euros). In this case, the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade clarifies that this material was as private enterprise end user.
In the overall, industry says that the value of this block of exports, for dual-use equipment, rose in the first half of 2010 to 54.5 million euros, an increase of 20.8% over what was exported in the same period last year. Anticipating Sebastian Department report and based on customs data Tax Agency, a group of NGOs, including Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Oxfam and Peace Foundation, warned of the risk of causing economic crisis in Spain increased arms exports to destinations that might violate the regulations.
Law 53/2007 on the arms trade sets limits for export to countries and territories where they can be used to violate human rights, or be used in actions that disturb the peace, stability or security exacerbate tensions or conflicts. In this regard, NGOs expressed their "concern" over certain operations of the English authorities in Morocco, Israel and Iran.
source: the gazette.
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