Russia wipes out Morocco

Russia officially accuses the Czech Republic of delivering T-72B combat tanks to Ukraine, which Morocco bought from Belarus and transferred to Prague under a modernization contract. Russian media report.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday (April 17) that the Kingdom has already signed a contract with the Czech company Excalibur Army spol.s ro to modernize a batch of 130 tanks. T-72B was purchased in the years 1999-2001 from the Republic of Belarus. The same source added that the Royal Armed Forces received 56 tanks, but 74 units were transferred to Ukraine.

“The Moroccans were put in front of a fait accompli. And at the same time he made them (the Czechs) guilty before the Belarusians for not fulfilling the obligation stipulated in the terms of the purchase contract not to transfer tanks to third countries without the permission of the supplier Maria Zakharova laments. In statements to the press, she stressed that This case shows that “Prague does not hesitate to violate the basic rules of international law governing the arms trade and appropriating the property of others.”

As a reminder, Morocco has already denied sending heavy weapons to Ukraine. The announcement was made on February 28 in Rabat by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, during a press meeting with the Austrian Federal Deputy Minister for European and International Affairs, Peter Lonsky.

The head of diplomacy stressed that “Morocco is not a party to this armed conflict, has not participated in it and will not participate in it in any way.” “Nevertheless, Morocco considers that this issue touches international peace and security and has an economic and social impact,” Bourita said.

international media He had reported, a few weeks ago, that Morocco had sent to Ukraine about twenty T-72B combat tanks, which were undergoing modernization in the Czech Republic.