Denmark has decided for the time being that it will no longer sell weapons and military equipment to Saudi Arabia. The reason for this is the Saudi involvement in the war in Yemen and the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Denmark has decided for the time being that it will no longer sell weapons and military equipment to Saudi Arabia. The reason for this is the Saudi involvement in the war in Yemen and the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

According to the Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen, the decision was taken after discussions with the European foreign ministers.

The European Parliament last month called for a resolution on a European arms embargo against Saudi Arabia in connection with the Khashoggi case.

Not all countries participate in the embargo. France, Spain, Belgium and the United Kingdom continue to supply arms. Germany is the most important European country that decided to cease deliveries to Saudi Arabia.

US does not intend to review relations with Saudi Arabia

US President Donald Trump said this week that he does not intend to revise business relations with Saudi Arabia. Earlier this year, Trump entered deals on, among other things, arms deliveries, against the advice of its advisers.

After the murder of the critical Saudi journalist, several Western countries were forced to review their alliance with the oil rich Arab kingdom again.

Khashoggi disappeared on October 2 after a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. In the following weeks it became clear that the Saudi journalist was murdered, although his body has not yet been found. According to the CIA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is responsible for the murder. Saudi Arabia denies that.

The Netherlands also advocates an arms embargo

Minister Stef Blok of Foreign Affairs is going to plead for an arms embargo in the UN Security Council on behalf of the Netherlands.

He does so after a call from almost the entire House of Representatives. Earlier, Blok said that such a request would have no chance in advance. According to him, a resolution will not make it, because countries like the United States and the United Kingdom will not be willing to stop the export of weapons.

The role played by Saudi Arabia in the Yemen war has been on the political agenda in several Western countries in recent weeks. The country supports the Yemenite government, which is engaged in a bloody battle with Houthi rebels and various extremist parties.

Saudi Arabia carries out many air attacks on targets of the Houthis. Those air strikes are controversial because there are many civilian casualties. According to the UN, many thousands of civilians were killed since the start of the Saudi offensive. 60 percent of those victims would have been killed by the Saudi coalition.

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