The United Arab Emirates has been accused of providing weapons to the RSF militia group, one of the parties to the civil war in Sudan - in violation of the UN arms embargo.
According to the Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP), which controls Sweden's arms exports, the Swedish arms industry sold equipment worth just over six billion kronor to the United Arab Emirates last year - more than any other country.
"We have no signs whatsoever that this type of leak would occur. That is, that weapons that Sweden exports would have ended up in some form of conflict in Sudan," Malmer Stenergard tells the radio.
Last year, exports consisted mainly of so-called airborne radar systems, according to ISP.
When asked whether Sweden could not put greater pressure on the United Arab Emirates by stopping arms exports to the country, Malmer Stenergard says that it is important to have a dialogue and points to the embargoes that Sweden, through the EU, has imposed on companies in the country that have contributed to the war in Sudan.
"If we were to take that line of reasoning seriously, we would stop all forms of trade with all countries that don't think exactly as we do. Then we would be pretty much alone," says Malmer Stenergard.
