British MPs Angry About Relations With Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
A report by a group of British MPs says that the government should no longer ignore claims of hypocrisy over its relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
According to BBC, the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) published a report on Friday saying that concerns over human rights were being juggled with the UK's lucrative trade and other strategic interests.
MPs said the Persian Gulf region was critical to the UK, yet many states were among the "least democratic in the world".
The committee said it was concerned about "limited but worrying evidence of a poor public perception of the UK in Saudi Arabia.”
It also called on the British government to assess Riyadh’s move in supplying weapons to foreign-backed militants in Syria who fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
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