New York (Reuters) United Nations would be investigating a possible sale of arms to the interim president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, on the part of Zimbabwe, which would be a violation of sanctions on the purchase of equipment imposed by the Council Security Abidjan in 2004, according to a report consulted by Reuters.
The peace mission of the international organization in Côte d'Ivoire, UNOCI, documenting the arrival of "light weapons from Zimbabwe" and a shipment of ten wooden boxes contained "trucks and tanks." "This shipment has been at the Abidjan airport for six months. Aerial photographs have confirmed their presence," contains the text.
He also mentions the existence of "a suspect goods sent from Angola", among which there are two Sukhoi fighter jets and a detector-27 MIG-25 bomb, which had arrived in the Ivorian capital on airplanes from Cape Verde and Russia , respectively. "The Russian has a considerable capacity to carry heavy weapons or a company of soldiers," reads the report, specifying that Moscow has already provided military equipment to Sudan in 2005.
Diplomatic sources consulted by Reuters expressed their concern about these shipments, and that would be designed to arm the forces loyal to Gbagbo, who is vying for power with the elected president, Alassane Ouattara, recognized as the legitimate winner of the November elections by international community.
Also, would entail a violation of the arms embargo imposed on Ivory Coast in 2004, after troops led by Gbagbo's forces bombed French peacekeepers deployed in the north, dominated by the rebels. For his part, Philippe Bolopion, the American NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned of possible attacks against the civilian population.
"The violator may be complicit in serious human rights violations," he warned. 
The peace mission of the international organization in Côte d'Ivoire, UNOCI, documenting the arrival of "light weapons from Zimbabwe" and a shipment of ten wooden boxes contained "trucks and tanks." "This shipment has been at the Abidjan airport for six months. Aerial photographs have confirmed their presence," contains the text.
He also mentions the existence of "a suspect goods sent from Angola", among which there are two Sukhoi fighter jets and a detector-27 MIG-25 bomb, which had arrived in the Ivorian capital on airplanes from Cape Verde and Russia , respectively. "The Russian has a considerable capacity to carry heavy weapons or a company of soldiers," reads the report, specifying that Moscow has already provided military equipment to Sudan in 2005.
Diplomatic sources consulted by Reuters expressed their concern about these shipments, and that would be designed to arm the forces loyal to Gbagbo, who is vying for power with the elected president, Alassane Ouattara, recognized as the legitimate winner of the November elections by international community.
Also, would entail a violation of the arms embargo imposed on Ivory Coast in 2004, after troops led by Gbagbo's forces bombed French peacekeepers deployed in the north, dominated by the rebels. For his part, Philippe Bolopion, the American NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned of possible attacks against the civilian population.
"The violator may be complicit in serious human rights violations," he warned.
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