United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton must use her influence to stop the sale of millions of rounds of ammunition to Zimbabwe, the Democratic Alliance said on Friday.
"The DA exposed the fact that there was a pending application before the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) to export more than a million rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition and more than a million rounds of 9mm ammunition to Zimbabwe," DA defence spokesperson David Maynier said in a statement.
He said NCACC chairperson, Jeff Radebe confirmed on Thursday at a press conference that the committee was considering the sale of millions of rounds of ammunition to Zimbabwe.
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"We should not be arming Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF war machine because it will not be long before state-of-the-art ammunition produced in our country will be used to fire on innocent people in Zimbabwe."
He said the DA hoped that Clinton would raise the arms deal issue at Saturday's meeting with President Jacob Zuma and use her influence to stop the export of millions of rounds of ammunition to Zimbabwe. - Sapa
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