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Steny Hoyer: “The gentleman is correct. Arms are clearly going there. In fact, we all know the reason for that, Serbia became the…”

On the recordApril 21, 1994
The gentleman is correct. Arms are clearly going there. In fact, we all know the reason for that, Serbia became the successor state, in effect, and it has the Yugoslav arms, the Yugoslav armed forces under its control. So we have an arms embargo on Yugoslavia, but subsequently we have recognized Bosnia as an independent nation. And under the United Nations charter, Bosnians have an inherent right, recognized by the United Nations charter, to defend themselves.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the arms embargo on Yugoslavia and Bosnia's right to self-defense.

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