Slovenia has been one of the most vocal EU countries calling for the bloc to take action against Israel. The country recognised a Palestinian state in June last year and has since repeatedly called for a ceasefire in Gaza and increased aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, Euronews reports.
Slovenia will be “the first European country” to ban weapons trade with Israel in response to Tel Aviv’s actions in Gaza, Prime Minister Robert Golob told the country’s Press Agency (STA) on Friday.
“At the initiative of Prime Minister Dr. Robert Golob, the government today adopted a decision prohibiting the export and transit of military weapons and equipment from or through the Republic of Slovenia to Israel, as well as the import of such goods from Israel into the Republic of Slovenia,” according to a statement cited by STA and published on the Slovenian government’s webpage.
The statement added that Golob’s decision stems from his promise to “act independently” against Israel if the EU “failed to adopt concrete measures by mid-July”.
“Due to internal disagreements and lack of unity, the European Union is currently unable to fulfil this task,” the statement said.
EU member states have now repeatedly failed to rally enough support to respond to Israel’s ongoing actions in Gaza. Despite a review of the EU-Israel association agreement which revealed that the country’s actions in Gaza were violating human rights, the EU 27 couldn’t agree on any of the 10 sanctions proposed to them, including a partial suspension of Israel’s access to the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.
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