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US freezes Saudi, UAE defence sales
28 January 2021
by Jeremy Binnie
The United States’ new Biden administration has frozen defence sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) pending a review, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on 27 January.
General Brigadier General Keith Phillips, US defense attaché in Abu Dhabi, exchanges gifts with Brigadier General Sultan al-Niyadi during a joint exercise with US marines and the UAE Presidential Guard at the Al-Hamra Combat Training Centre on 16 January (US Marine Corps)
“Generally speaking, when it comes to arms sales it is typical at the start of an administration to review any pending sales to make sure that what is being considered is something that advances our strategic objectives and advances our foreign policy. So that’s what we’re doing at this moment,” Blinken said during a press briefing.