Canada to investigate use of its tech in Armenia-Azerbaijan clash

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: "The Minister of Foreign Affairs has opened an investigation regarding the use of Canadian military materiel by the Azerbaijani army against the Armenian army."

He added that "it is very important to always respect Canada's conditions regarding its expectations regarding non-violation of human rights," noting that he was very concerned about the fighting in Artsakh / Karabakh.

The Canadian "Project Flushers" arms control organization has said that a video clip of airstrikes published by the Air Force in Azerbaijan indicates that the drones are equipped with an imaging and targeting system produced by "L. Three Harris Weiskam", which is the Canadian unit of "L. Three Harrist Technologies."

Meanwhile, the Globe and Mail reported that the company obtained a license earlier this year to export seven imaging and targeting systems to the Turkish drone maker Baykar.

Canada's Export and Import Licensing Act prohibits the sale of weapons that could be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights laws.

According to the Project Flushers report, the advanced sensing and imaging systems produced by the "L. Three Harris Weiskam" company have been used by Turkish drones in a number of conflict areas in the Middle East and Libya.

The report stated that since 2017, Turkey has been a major customer for “L. Three Weiskam” products, and at that time the Turkish army was involved in the battles in the southeast of the country, and was increasingly interfering in the ongoing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Libya.

In addition, the organization considered that the Canadian company’s decision to supply Turkey with its advanced military technology is a violation and violation of Canada’s international obligations related to the arms embargo on war zones.

The report was based on multiple source data and evidence, as well as media reports and testimonies by a number of human rights observers, all of which agreed that the sensors developed by the aforementioned Canadian company had been installed in Turkish drones.

The company "L. Threharis Weisscam" is one of the largest companies in the production and export of infrared sensing and imaging systems for "drones", with an estimated annual exports of about 500 million dollars.

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