Belgium involved in Yemen war, report says

SANAA, Feb. 11 (YPA) – Belgian peace organisation Vredesactie (Peace Action) has released an infographic showing the impact of the European arms trade on the war in Yemen

Belgian weapons exported to Saudi Arabia were used in the war in Yemen, although they are intended solely for the use of the kingdom’s royal and national guards, according to Vredesactie report.

This war is made in Europe. European arms manufacturers are arming the Saudi-led coalition and are thereby profiting from war and suffering.

The European criteria, however, are clear: exporting arms is illegal if there is a real risk of these arms being used in an active conflict or for committing crimes against humanity.

It’s time governments started respecting their own export regulations, as the Belgian State Council recently clarified. We are calling for a European arms embargo against all members of the Saudi-led coalition.

The war is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, according to the UN.

More than 100.000 people have died. The Saudi naval blockade is threatening more than 17 million people with starvation.

In August 2020, belgium’s administrative court decided to suspend the license to sell a company in the southern region of Valonia, arms to Saudi Arabia, under pressure from human rights organizations.

E.M