MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament voted on Tuesday against blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia, despite increasing international pressure to punish Riyadh for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
Spain's socialist government said on Saturday it was "dismayed" by the death of the Saudi journalist but it decided to join forces with the main opposition party, the conservative People's Party, to defeat a parliamentary motion that called on the government to stop such trade.
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