Warplane spare parts sold to Saudis despite export ban
Campagners from CAAT make their way to stage a ‘die-in’ protest against the DSEI arms fair in London in 2017
[Campaign Against the Arms Trade / Creative Commons]
THE British government kept weapons supplies flowing to Saudi Arabia last year despite an arms embargo, according to an official report on export controls.
Saudi Arabia received 2,323 spare parts for its fleet of fighter jets in 2019, even though a court order had banned ministers from isssuing any new licences for the export of military equipment to the kingdom for use in Yemen.
The figures were published on Tuesday in the government’s annual report on strategic export controls, Declassified UK, a investigative news site focused on British foreign policy, reported yesterday.
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