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The Netherlands joined the bandwagon of countries imposing an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia for the Kingdom’s role in the Yemen War.
“There will be no arms exports from the Netherlands to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE unless it is proven that they will not be used in the Yemen war,” Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Minister Sigrid Kaag said, World News reported.
The official stated that the Dutch government has tightened its conditions on arms exports in order to prevent their use in the war in Yemen.
She pointed out that the “restrictive conditions for the export of weapons applied to Saudi Arabia” has been expanded to include Egypt and the UAE.
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the aim of bringing the government of former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power and crushing the Ansarullah movement.
Official UN figures say that more than 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen since the Saudi-led bombing campaign began in March 2015. But the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) believes that at least 56,000 people have lost their lives in the war. The violence has also left around two-thirds of Yemen’s population of 27 million relying on aid amid an ongoing strict naval and aerial blockade. According to the world body, Yemen is suffering from the most severe famine in more than 100 years.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
