Spain stops all trade in military equipment with Egypt, including goods transport planes
Friday, August 30, 2013 @ 2:04 PM
SPAIN has suspended all arms trade to Egypt including riot protection gear and tanks, and has revoked licences for deliveries due to be made.
Military equipment makes up 90 per cent of Spain's exports to the war-torn Middle Eastern country, in particular now Egypt's once-buoyant tourist industry is a shadow of its former self.
The European Union agreed on August 21 that its member States would no longer supply arms, given that Egypt appears on the brink of a civil war, but Spain was ahead of the rest already since, when the Muslim Brotherhood was arrested on July 3, the ministry of defence began to discuss whether to cease trade of military equipment with its Egyptian counterpart.
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