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Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 146916, tabled on 1 February 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the new US Administration on the cessation of arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Answered on

4 February 2021

Ministers have not yet discussed with the Biden Administration the reported US suspension of arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The UK takes its export control responsibilities extremely seriously and we assess all export licenses in accordance with strict licensing criteria.

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