Export Controls: Saudi Arabia

(asked on 4th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason the 9 March 2015 Open General Trade Control Licence to Saudi Arabia was denied.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 12th March 2019

There were no Open General Trade Control Licences (OGTCL) dated 9 March 2015 that were denied.

[However, we believe you intended to ask about an Open Individual Trade Control Licence (OITCL) that was denied on the 9 March 2015 to various destinations, including Saudi Arabia.]

The licence was denied under Criterion 5 of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria – “the national security of the UK and territories whose external relations are the UK’s responsibility, as well as that of friendly and allied countries”.

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