Belarus has denied accusations from the United States that they were attempting to supply weapons to Syria, after the US Treasury imposed sanctions on state-owned Belarusian company earlier this week.
The state-owned arms company Belvneshpromservice was accused by the US Treasury of supplying fuses for bombs used by the Syrian military via Syria’s Army Supply Bureau and had sanctions placed on it earlier this week.
Commenting on the decision, David Cohen, Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement,
"Today's actions seek to disrupt the flow of weapons and communications equipment to the Syrian regime and help prevent their use against the Syrian people".
However the accusations have been vigorously denied by Belarus, whose Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated,
"All the accusations of the American side... have no basis and are untrue".
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