PM May: Court ruling on UK arms sales to Saudi shows export controls robust
British Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed a decision by London’s High Court on Monday to reject a bid to halt billions of pounds of arms sales to Saudi Arabia by campaigners who claimed they were being used in violation of international law.
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) had sought an order to block export licences for British-made bombs, fighter jets and other munitions which it said the Saudi-led Arab coalition was using in a campaign against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen’s civil war. “I welcome the High Court judgment today … it shows that we do in this country operate one of the most robust export control regimes in the world,” she told parliament when asked about the ruling.
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