Switzerland has banned planemaker Pilatus from operating in Saudi Arabia and the...
FILE PHOTO: A Pilatus logo is pictured on the company booth during the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition at Cointrin airport in Geneva, Switzerland, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The Swiss foreign ministry said it had gathered “sufficient evidence” that Pilatus failed to declare activities backing foreign militaries, as required by Swiss law, and added it has reported the shortcomings to the nation’s attorney general for further investigation. The Western-backed Sunni Muslim coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE intervened in Yemen in 2015, helping plunge the Middle Eastern country into a humanitarian crisis.
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