"Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) meeting in Strasbourg, France, this week are considering whether to demand a complete halt to discussions on an EU free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), following allegations the country is sending European-made weapons to militia forces in Sudan. This follows a UN expert panel investigating the discovery of European-manufactured weapons in a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) supply convoy, as"
"a report by the human rights watchdog Amnesty International that the RSF paramilitary is receiving European arms through resales via the UAE. "We will call on the European Commission to stop the trade negotiations with the UAE for as long as we see that weapons are going through the UAE to the RSF," Marit Maij, a Dutch MEP from the socialist group, told DW."
MEPs in Strasbourg are weighing a demand to suspend EU-UAE free trade negotiations amid allegations that the UAE is channeling European-made weapons to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces. A UN expert panel reported European-manufactured weapons in an RSF supply convoy, and Amnesty International reported resales of European arms via the UAE to the RSF. A Dutch MEP called for the European Commission to stop negotiations while weapons transit through the UAE. The RSF faces accusations of atrocities including rape and starvation, and the ICC has opened investigations into possible war crimes. The Emirati government denies forwarding European weapons. EU officials initially aimed to finalise an FTA by end-2025 to increase market access and reduce tariffs.
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