Canada mulls canceling Saudi arms deal over Yemen, Khashoggi murderBy The Manila TimesMONTREAL: Canada is looking into ways to cancel a giant 2014 weapons deal with Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday, as criticism mounts over the kingdom’s role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the Riyadh-led war in Yemen. “We inherited actually a (Can)$15 billion contract signed by (former prime minister) Stephen Harper to export light-armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia,” he said. “We are engaged with the export permits to try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles to Saudi Arabia,” he added. The deal, worth US$11.5 billion, was the largest arms deal in Canadian history. In October, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the murder.

Source: Manila Times December 17, 2018 06:00 UTC