For the first time since 2018, Germany issued permission to send military equipment to Saudi Arabia

– International news – Tasnim News Agency According to the German publication “De Sight”, for the first time since 2018, Germany allows military equipment to Saudi Arabia to be delivered to Saudi Arabia. The government coalition in Germany, known as the traffic light, approved the export of 150 short-range missiles to this country.

In this way, the German federal government has agreed to deliver military equipment to Saudi Arabia. Stephen Hebstreit, the government spokesman, confirmed the SPIEGEL report. According to this report, this issue is related to the export of Iris-T air-to-air guided missiles. A total of 150 of these short-range missiles are to be delivered to Saudi Arabia.

This now-confirmed arms export from Germany is the first since 2018. The previous government coalition led by Angela Merkel stopped the delivery of weapons due to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the Yemen war. Non-governmental organizations have repeatedly criticized the human rights situation in this Arab country on the Persian Gulf and its actions in Yemen. The only exceptions to this export ban since 2018 were the defense components of joint projects with other European Union or NATO countries.

According to the weekly report of Spiegel, the German Federal Security Council approved the export of military equipment to Saudi Arabia before Christmas confirmed. According to the statement of the Federal Ministry of Economy, the manufacturing company Diehl Defense is authorized to deliver these air-to-air guided missiles to Saudi Arabia. Germany’s Federal Security Council includes German Chancellor Olaf Schulz and other federal ministers from security-related ministries.

This confirmation follows statements from German government circles that Saudi Arabia could also give the green light to the government. The federal government was hoping to deliver Eurofighter jets because of its role in the Middle East war. The relevant statements by the German Foreign Minister were supported by the Prime Minister.

The resumption of arms contracts with Saudi Arabia and the delivery of fighter planes announced show a change in the approach of the federal government towards this Persian Gulf country.

In the meeting before Christmas, Germany’s Federal Security Council not only authorized the export of weapons to Saudi Arabia, but also the delivery of a submarine to the Zionist regime, three mine hunters to Pakistan, and 300 anti-tank weapons to Georgia. It has been confirmed.

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