Friday, 10 December 2021 (YJC)_ A senior US official has defended his country's sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, saying Riyadh needs them to defend itself.
Brett McGurk, the US National Security Council's Middle East and North Africa coordinator, has defended arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
The US State Department on November 3rd approved Saudi Arabia's request to purchase $ 650 million worth of air-to-air missiles and related equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency wrote in a letter to Congress that the sale of the equipment "would strengthen US foreign policy and national security."
The US move met with opposition, with two members of Congress writing a memo to the Guardian on December 12 acknowledging that Saudi-backed fighter jets were targeting Yemen with large-scale bombings and calling for an end to the process.
"The Saudis need [these weapons] because the Houthis, with Iranian support, are firing dozens of drones and missiles from Yemen at Saudi Arabia," Brett McGurk told a meeting of the Gulf State think tank in Washington on Thursday.
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