Yemen welcomes Norway’s suspension of arms sales to UAE

SANAA – Yemen has welcomed Norwegian Foreign Ministry’s announcement to stop the export of arms to the United Arab Emirates because of its participation in the aggression coalition against Yemen and its perpetration of war crimes against humanity, Yemen’s Human Rights Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

In the statement, the ministry renewed Yemen’s call on the other arms exporting countries to follow the example of Norwegian government in stopping the export of arms to the countries involving in the US-backed Saudi-led aggression coalition, as these weapons are used against Yemeni civilians.

On Wednesday, Norway declared that it has suspended exports of weapons and ammunition to the UAE over concerns the arms sales could be used in the war against Yemen.