LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Britain's Labour Party leader
Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday he would stop arms sales to Saudi
Arabia for use in Yemen if he wins an election this month.
"Labour will stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in
Yemen and work to end the war there, not actively support it as
the Conservative government has done," Corbyn said in a speech
setting out Labour's foreign policy objectives.
"Labour's new internationalism means we will create a peace
and conflict-prevention fund and invest an extra 400 million
pounds ($513 million) to expand our diplomatic capacity and
increase oversight of arms exports to ensure we're not fuelling
conflicts, as in Yemen and in Israel and the Palestinian
territories," he said in the speech in the northern English city
of York.
($1 = 0.7794 pounds)
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by David Clarke)
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