The UK and Saudi Arabia claimed they not have broken the law after the Saudi government, under pressure from the Guardian, finally confirmed that it has used British-supplied cluster munitions in Yemen.
Technically that may be correct, but even if no law has been broken, it appears there has either been a breach of trust between the two governments or between British ministers and parliament. Since May, British ministers have denied that UK cluster munitions have been used in Yemen, largely basing this assessment on assurances they claim to have received from the Saudi government.
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Source: The Guardian