Nations that send arms to Saudi Arabia “have no right to talk about peace,” Pope Francis said recently.
The statement by the Pontiff came in an interview that aired Sunday on the weekly Spanish news show “Salvados.”
When presenter Jordi Évole asked him about Spain’s selling of weapons to the kingdom—which is leading the coalition waging catastrophic war on Yemen—Pope Francis expressed sorrow but promptly added that “it’s not the only government” doing that.
Spain is just one among the numerous nations that supply arms to Saudi Arabia, and continues to do so despite accusations of the coalition committing war crimes and increased attention on the kingdom’s vast human rights abuses following the killing of journalist Jamal Khahoggi.
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