{"id":2010,"date":"2017-12-01T05:27:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T06:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/meps-urge-saudi-arms-ban-blast-eu-members-for-continued-sales-amid-yemen-war\/"},"modified":"2017-12-01T05:27:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T06:27:25","slug":"meps-urge-saudi-arms-ban-blast-eu-members-for-continued-sales-amid-yemen-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/meps-urge-saudi-arms-ban-blast-eu-members-for-continued-sales-amid-yemen-war\/","title":{"rendered":"MEPs urge Saudi arms ban, blast EU members for continued sales amid Yemen war"},"content":{"rendered":"

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European Union lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution that calls on the bloc to slap an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia, which is leading a brutal military campaign against Yemen.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe non-binding resolution, which was adopted in a nearly unanimous 539-13 vote on Thursday, condemned attacks against Yemeni civilians as \u2018war crimes\u2019, and slammed EU members for authorizing weapons sales to Saudi Arabia in breach of EU laws on arms export control, presstv.com wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe parliament \u201ccondemns in the strongest terms the ongoing violence in Yemen and all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, which constitute war crimes,\u201d the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) said in their statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tReferring to a similar resolution from February last year, the lawmakers called on EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to launch an initiative to impose an EU arms embargo against the Riyadh regime \u201cgiven the serious allegations of breaches of international humanitarian law by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe UK, France, Germany and Greece are known to have struck major arms deals with Saudi Arabia in the course of the war, which began in 2015.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast year, France authorized arms licenses worth $18 billion to Saudi Arabia, according to reports.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe United States was the second largest weapons provider to Riyadh with $5.9 billion followed by Britain at over $4 billion.<\/p>\n

\n\tGerman weapons sales to Saudis have also risen over the past two years, jumping from $321 million in 2015 to over $630 million in 2016, according to Deutsche Welle.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Greece has come under pressure over a $77 million arms deal with Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u2018Alarming humanitarian crisis\u2019<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe MEPs also expressed \u201cgrave concern at the alarming deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Yemen,\u201d referring to civilian deaths resulting from the years-long Saudi war and an outbreak of deadly diseases such as cholera and diphtheria.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore than 12,000 people have been killed since the onset of Saudi Arabia\u2019s deadly campaign, which has the backing of a coalition of its vassal states.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother 2,100 people have died of cholera since April as hospitals struggle to secure basic supplies across the country.<\/p>\n

\n\tA prominent aid agency says the Saudi blockade of Yemen is still in place, calling it an illegal collective punishment of Yemeni people.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe war has destroyed much of Yemen\u2019s infrastructure, with the impoverished country relying heavily on international aid to slow down the humanitarian crisis. Those efforts, however, have been impeded by a long-running Saudi blockade on key Yemeni ports and airport.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn their statement, the European lawmakers blasted the blockade and called for its \u201cimmediate\u201d removal.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe aerial and naval blockade imposed on Yemen by the coalition forces has been one of the main causes of the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe; whereas this blockade has restricted and disrupted the import and export of food, fuel and medical supplies, as well as humanitarian aid,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe statement called on Mogherini to \u201curgently propose an integrated EU strategy for Yemen and to make a renewed push for a Yemeni peace initiative under the auspices of the UN.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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