The British-made equipment identified in Sudan were small-arms target systems and engines for armored personnel carriers, according to the Guardian.
He resisted calls from the Liberal Democrats for an arms embargo on the UAE, which is widely suspected of arming the RSF, arguing that Britain’s export regime was “one of the most robust in the world.”
The furor comes as the U.N. Security Council is planning a meeting on the war in Sudan.
A report by the U.N. panel of experts on Sudan in 2024 — appointed by the Security Council to monitor Darfur’s arms embargo — stated that claims the Emirates were supplying weapons to the RSF were “credible.”
The UAE has repeatedly denied allegations it gives military support to the RSF.
Doughty added that the U.K. would use its role on the U.N. Security Council, which is due to meet to discuss Sudan, “to call for an immediate end to this violence [and] ensure that international humanitarian law is respected and upheld.”