anada, Saudi Arabia row ramps up. Pictured are the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau (Left), and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman (Right). "We strongly demand and expect that Canadian exports are used in a way that fully respects human rights," Trudeau said in Parliament. "We have frozen export permits before when we had concerns about their potential misuse and we will not hesitate to do so again. A Canadian foreign affairs tweet was translated into Arabic and sent out by its embassy in Riyadh, angering Saudi authorities.Interfering in the arms deal could hurt the Liberals politically, since the General Dynamics plant in question is in London, Ontario, an economically depressed town.

Source: Egypt Today October 22, 2018 20:26 UTC