The Earl of Clancarty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Earl of Clancarty on 2016-02-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when British military liaison began with Saudi Arabia regarding its intervention in Yemen.

Earl Howe

The UK and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have a long history of defence co-operation and this involves an ongoing defence engagement relationship.

In addition, we have deployed a small number of military personnel serving as liaison officers in Saudi headquarters to provide insight into Saudi operations in Yemen. These liaison officers are not involved in the targeting process – whether it be selection, decision-making or directing.

The first of these liaison officers was deployed in May 2015.