Yemeni foreign minister discusses Houthi use of Chinese technology with Beijing
Yemen’s foreign minister said she raised concerns with China over Houthi militias using Chinese technology to manufacture weapons.
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AIYemeni Foreign Minister Afrah Al-Zouba said she discussed with China the use of Chinese technology by Houthi militias to manufacture weapons.
She noted that China expressed its willingness to investigate the Houthis’ use of Chinese technology for weapons production, according to Al Arabiya.
A recent report revealed that Houthi militias in Yemen are seeking to locally manufacture advanced medium-range ballistic missiles using components supplied from China.
Conflict Armament Research, an organization specializing in tracking weapons and their supply chains in conflict zones, disclosed that the Houthis imported from a Chinese supplier a set of components needed to produce a version of one of Iran’s most powerful missiles, the precision-guided "Kheibar Shekan." The Houthi missile is expected to have a range of about 1,200 miles (approximately 1,900 kilometers).