The UAE Foreign Ministry has rejected the allegation that it is spurring the war in Yemen, saying the statement by the Saudi-led military coalition was issued without consulting it first as a member. It emphasised that the shipments in question “did not include any weapons”, and that the large number of heavy armoured vehicles “were not intended for any Yemeni party, but were shipped for use by UAE forces operating in Yemen”. The ministry stressed that “there was high-level coordination regarding these vehicles between the United Arab Emirates and the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, along with an agreement that the vehicles would not leave the port.”
