/ 14 June 1999

DENEL DENIES SALES TO INDIA

SOUTH AFRICAN arms manufacturer Denel on Tuesday denied claims by the anti-arms lobby group, the Ceasefire Campaign, that it is selling artillery shells worth R300-million to India. Denel spokesman Sizakele Kooma said the company has no intention of selling artillery ammunition to India and had not received any request from that country for such a sale. The Ceasefire Campaign said earlier on Tuesday that if the deal went ahead, South Africa would be threatening a peaceful resolution of the dispute between India and Pakistan.