Britain sold close to £3bn worth to the kingdom in the final year and is heavily implicated in the Saudi campaign in YemenBritain faces severe criticism from the European parliament over its continued arms trade with Saudi Arabia amid growing evidence of the Arab state’s indiscriminate bombing of Yemen.
A vote is scheduled for later this month on a resolution calling for an EU-wide arms embargo on sales to Saudi Arabia but that also specifically criticises the UK.
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Source: theguardian.com