Israel voices support for UN Arms regulation treaty
June 05, 2013  02:18
At the UN on Monday, over 60 nations signed a blockbuster international treaty for regulating the massive $70 billion global arms trade.

Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem on Tuesday said that Israel supports the measure, but has not yet signed because an inter-ministerial committee is still looking into the details.

With Russia holding out from signing on, questions loomed over whether the treaty would impact the over-two-year-long conflict in Syria, where the former Soviet Union has been accused of largely tilting the conflict in favor of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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