In U-turn, Spain to deliver laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia
MADRID: Spain will go ahead with the controversial delivery of 400 laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia, engaged in a bloody conflict in Yemen, Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said Thursday.
"In the end, the decision is to deliver these bombs to honour a contract dating from 2015," Borrell said on Spain's Onda Cero radio.
The government had announced a week ago that it would block delivery of the weapons -- for which longtime ally Riyadh has already paid 9.2 million euros ($10.7 million).
That announcement came after an…