Another SYRIZA official says Saudi weapons deal not a good idea

Interior Minister Panos Skourletis says that the decision to sell missiles and bombs to Saudi Arabia was not a good idea as they may be used in Yemen, echoing sentiments expressed by other lawmakers of the ruling party.

Speaking on state-run ERT TV on Thursday night, Skourletis, said that "obviously, every country has the right to make use of its surplus weaponry, but we should have been much more cautious about such moves as a country with the size of Greece cannot be selling weaponry and be indifferent to how it will be used," he said.

His comments followed the call by former Education Minister Nikos Filis on Thursday for the deal to be scrapped. Filis was backed by SYRIZA lawmaker Nikos Xydakis as well as Giorgos Kyritsis in a Facebook post. 

Skourletis also said that it was "problematic" that socialist lawmaker Andreas Loverdos appears to have leaked documents...