2023-07-21 18:39:29
The Walloon delegation sent to Serbia for a control of military equipment sold by New Lachaussée submitted its report on Friday after having spent three days there. Pending these conclusions, the export license had been preventively suspended by Minister-President Elio Di Rupo (PS). The four members of this delegation had the task of verifying that the military equipment had not been diverted to Russia or Belarus. According to a statement from the Di Rupo firm, “the material is indeed in Serbia and there is no indication that the European Union sanctions against Moscow and the Russian embargo have been circumvented”.
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On July 4, the Walloon Minister-President suspended the licenses after learning of the conclusions of the report by Wallonie Entreprendre (20% shareholder of New Lachaussée) on an audit by KPMG concerning the possible links between the Liège company and Russia, with Serbia as an intermediary.
According to the press release from the Minister-President, the members of the delegation noted that they had been able to have unrestricted access to the high security sites of the Serbian public company which bought the machine tools. A meeting also took place between the Walloon delegation and the American defense attaché in Belgrade. “According to this, there is no indication of Serbian exports to Russia or to Belarus, nor currently any trace of Serbian ammunition on the battlefield in Ukraine”, points out the press release again without specifying whether the suspension of the license would be lifted or not.
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