UK to resume issuing Saudi Arabia arms export licenses
Licensing had been suspended last year after a British court ruled that the government violated British law by selling arms without examining whether the weapons may be used to harm noncombatants.
The British government can legally resume issuing licenses to export weapons to Saudi Arabia, the country’s trade minister said yesterday.
Licensing was suspended last year after a court ruled that the government violated British law by covertly selling arms to Riyadh without duly examining whether the weapons may be used to harm noncombatants.
The ruling came after a rights group presented evidence that the weapons posed a clear risk to civilians in Yemen’s civil war.
UK Trade Secretary Liz Truss said Tuesday that the licensing process had been adjusted to comply with the ruling and licensing would continue.
