News – Middle East: Note that the UAE is one of the most important countries involved in the war in Yemen, according to what was reported in the Spanish newspaper, Los Replicants.

This came in the database of the defense materials exports report for 2020, prepared by the European Department of Foreign Affairs, which places the Spanish state in third place on the list of suppliers of defense equipment to the UAE.

The arrival of Juan Carlos I in Dubai, since August 2020, coincides with the steady increase in licenses granted by the Spanish authorities, which allowed Spain to be among the five main countries that supply the United Arab Emirates with military supplies.

In 2020, the Inter-Ministry of Foreign Trade in Defense and Dual Use Regulatory Council, which analyzes requests to sell Spanish arms to third countries, granted a total of 34 export licenses to the UAE system worth 60 million euros.

In terms of export licenses, Germany surpassed Spain in 2020 with 78 licenses and France with 140 licenses. This is the largest number of licenses granted since 2015, and this is the year the Saudi-led coalition attacks on Yemen began.

The platform Arms Under Control warned that “nearly 24 million munitions, 1.2 million bombs, torpedoes, missiles and missiles, 4.8 million fire guidance systems, and more than 200,000 euros were spent on The purchase of armored vehicles “authorized by Spain over the past year,” has been used in Yemen.”

In addition, the European Department of Foreign Affairs expressed its concern about arms exports to the UAE, which were achieved during 2020, amounting to 27.6 million euros, which were distributed as follows, “1206 euros for the purchase of small arms, 8.2 million euros for ammunition, about 12 million euros in armored vehicles and 6.3 million for aircraft, which are suspected to have been used in the war on Yemen.