End arms sales to Riyadh, UK parties urge government

London: Five British parties have urged the government to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia, saying it has contributed to a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. The letter to Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt was signed by leaders of the Labour party, the Scottish National party, the Liberal Democrats, the Plaid Cymru and the Green party, the Guardian reported on Monday. In the letter, the opposition leaders said it was shameful that the UK government had not used all means at its disposal to pressurise Saudi Arabia “to abide by basic human rights laws”. It said Germany, Spain, Denmark, Canada, the US Congress, the UN Human Rights Council and the European Parliament have all called for a suspension of arms sales on this basis. (IANS)

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