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Italy: Lawmakers call on govt. to suspend arms sales to Saudi

Sunday, 02 December 2018 2:40 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 02 December 2018 2:44 AM ]

A Yemeni man slinging a Kalashnikov assault rifle walks through the rubble and debris of a destroyed petrol station that was hit by a Saudi airstrike in the capital Sana'a on May 27, 2018. (AFP)

Max Civili
Press TV, Rome

Lawmakers, charity organisations and civil society associations in Italy have been calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia since the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October. Rome is one of the major arms supplier to Saudi Arabia in the EU. Max Civili reports from Rome.

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