The German government’s efforts to improve relations with Saudi Arabia

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, publication ” In an article, Focus discussed the efforts of the German government to get closer to Saudi Arabia and strengthen relations with this country and wrote: In the shadow of agreeing to conclude a contract for Eurofighter fighters with Saudi Arabia, the German government coalition known as Traffic Light is actually violating its coalition agreement. Slow down.

The government of Angela Merkel, the former chancellor of Germany, stopped the delivery of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The reason for that was the war in Yemen and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, an opponent of Saudi Arabia by this country. But now, about five years later, the world looks different, especially from the point of view of the Greens in the coalition government. The German Foreign Minister announced during his visit to the occupied territories that he no longer wants to stop the delivery of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Baerbaek justified this with Riyadh’s “constructive” role in the Middle East war.

Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz also announced that he shared Baerbaek’s assessment. , which is methodologically significant because Schultz, as federal chancellor, has directive authority, especially on foreign policy issues. Baerbok’s turn towards Saudi Arabia is remarkable for several reasons. The Saudis do not fully agree with Western policies in Ukraine. They also clearly do not want to become a democracy. And according to Renata Alt, head of the human rights committee in the Bundestag, the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia is “catastrophic.” According to him, Amnesty International has listed so many violations that the time to read here is not enough to list them all. Perhaps Baerbok’s turn can be explained by the new situation of the Zionist regime, but arms exports are still arms exports, a critical area remains a critical area, human rights violations are still human rights violations, and Khashoggi is still dead.

However, in the German coalition government and the opposition, not much opposition to this issue is expected.

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