(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus can continue its business activities in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a court has confirmed. The Swiss foreign ministry had banned the company from operating in the Gulf states.
This content was published on January 15, 2021 - 15:01 January 15, 2021 - 15:01 Keystone-SDA/sb
In a ruling published on Friday, the Federal Administrative Court in St Gallen annulled a foreign ministry decision in June 2019 to ban the Stans-based aircraft manufacturer from operating in the two countries.
The ministry had claimed that the support services offered by Pilatus to the armed forces of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which include technical support, replacement parts management and fixing problems with a fleet of 55 Pilatus PC-21 military trainer aircraft, were 'not compatible with the [Swiss] government's foreign policy objectives'.
A US-backed Saudi Arabia-led military coalition, of which the UAE is a part, intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Iran-backed Houthis rebels. Years of United Nations efforts to get both sides to agree to a cease-fire and start peace negotiations have not succeeded.
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