The Guardian- Boris Johnson pressed Liam Fox to continue exports of weapons to Saudi Arabia after the bombing of a funeral in Yemen last October that killed more than 140 people and was condemned by UN monitors.

Correspondence between the ministers shows that a month after the strike, Johnson, the foreign secretary, wrote: �I am aware you have deferred a decision on four export licence applications to supply the Royal Saudi Air Force with equipment which could be used in the conflict in Yemen.�

In the letter dated 8 November, Johnson advised the trade secretary it was right to proceed with the arms sales. �The issue is extremely finely balanced, but I judge at present that the Saudis appear committed both to improving processes and to taking action to address failures/individual incidents,� he said.




[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="620"] FacebookTwitterPinterest A letter from Boris Johnson to Liam Fox abut Saudi Arabia export licensing. Photograph: Department for International Trade[/caption]



The foreign secretary added that the Saudis had given the UK commitments in the aftermath of the airstrike on the funeral in Sana�a that meant �the �clear risk� threshold for refusal � has not yet been reached�.





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