Slovenian PM,'Ljubljana to ban arms sales to Israel'

(ANSA) - LUBIANA, OCT 16 - Slovenia supports an embargo on arms sales to Israel. Premier Robert Golob said this today, while noting that such a measure alone cannot be a solution to resolve the complex situation in the Middle East. Quoted by the Sta Golob news agency, in Brussels for the EU-Gulf States summit, he stressed that Ljubljana believes it is necessary to take any measure that would facilitate an end to hostilities and Israel's armed operations in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. A ban on arms exports, the premier said, is one of the measures being discussed at both the EU and UN levels. "We are among the active supporters of an embargo on arms sales," said Golob, who at the same time called on the Israeli authorities to end attacks on Unifil positions in Lebanon. (ANSA).