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New Delhi:
India continues to be the world’s largest arms importer, although its imports declined by 11 percent between 2013-17 and 2018-22. This information was given in a report released on Monday by Stockholm-based think tank ‘Sipari’. Russia became the world’s third-biggest importer of arms last year after Ukraine, which received military aid to the US and Europe following attacks by Russia, the report said.
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Peter Wejman, senior research fellow at Sipri, said that while imports declined last year, European countries saw a spurt in arms purchases due to escalating tensions with Russia. The decline in India’s arms has been attributed to a complex procurement process, diversification of arms potential and a preference for domestic designs over imports, the report said.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said that the world’s five largest arms importers during 2018-22 were India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Australia and China.
According to the report, the US, Russia, France, China and Germany have been included in the five biggest arms apprehensions. The report noted that imports by the world’s eighth-largest importer Pakistan have increased by 14 per cent during 2018-22, with China being the leading prospect.
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