To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by Kings College London, Security Cooperation with Saudi Arabia: Is it worth it for the UK?, published in September, what assessment they have made of the case to uphold international rules-based order in relation to Saudi Arabia.
Answered on
5 November 2018
The UK has an important strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia involving defence and security cooperation which has saved lives on the streets of Britain. We also have a trading partnership that supports thousands of jobs.
The UK is committed to upholding the rule of law and the rules-based international system and we expect our partners to do likewise. We make this point very clearly in public and in private.