65 lawmakers demand to limit participation in Saudi Arabia in view of human rights violations. 65 lawmakers from European countries have called on the European Union to attend the G20 summit in the capital Riyadh in the wake of alleged human rights violations in Saudi Arabia. Limit your attendance at the meeting. According to a foreign news agency, 65 European lawmakers signed a joint letter.
A month before the letter, signed by European lawmakers, a number of resolutions were passed urging the current G20 president to refrain from legalizing human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia. If lawmakers' demands are met, Commission President Arvula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel will not attend the G20 summit.
"We must not legitimize any government that commits human rights abuses by hosting one of the world's most important summits," the letter said. To reconsider its participation in this year's G20 summit and consider not participating in it, but instead to limit EU participation at the official level. On the other hand, Saudi officials There was no immediate reaction from the side. It is unclear whether the president of the commission and the president of the European Council will accept the written appeal from lawmakers.
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