Saudi Arabia faces yet another diplomatic blow
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RIYADH - Saudi Arabia faces yet another diplomatic blow over murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Denmark has stopped selling weapons to Riyadh in response to the assassination of prominent Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the regime’s bombing campaign in Yemen.
“With the continued deterioration of the already terrible situation in Yemen and the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, we are now in a new situation,” Denmark’s Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said in a statement on Thursday.
Samuelsen said the decision was taken following a series of meetings with EU counterparts earlier this week.
“Denmark already has a very restrictive policy in this area, but I hope that the Danish decision will generate further momentum and induce more EU member states to support a tougher sets of EU rules on this,” said Samuelsen.
