A 2-fold increase in the import of weapons to Europe / America and Germany, the most important suppliers of weapons to Israel

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting Due to Russia’s war against Ukraine, Europe’s arms imports have almost doubled in the past five years, according to The Day Sight. This result was obtained from a report published by the Stockholm Peace Research Institute Sipri on Monday.

Accordingly, the import of arms in Europe between 2019 and 2023 is It has increased by 94% from 2014 to 2018. Cipri data refers to the volume of arms shipments, not their financial value. Because this volume can fluctuate greatly from year to year, depending on order status, this independent institute focuses on five-year periods rather than year-to-year.

According to this report, the largest importer in Europe was Ukraine with 23% of the total arms imports of the region. This country has been at war with Russia for two years. Only in 2023, Ukraine was the largest arms importer in the world. In this five-year period, this country ranked fourth in the world after India, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

The two most important exporting countries to Ukraine are the United States with 69% of imported goods and Germany with 30%. The results of this survey also show that the total arms exports of the Federal Republic have decreased by 14% in the last five years.

The results of this survey also show that for the first time in For decades, Russia is no longer one of the two largest arms suppliers in the world. While the United States led the way, increasing its arms exports by 17 percent and covering 42 percent of the global market, deliveries from Russia fell by more than half. Germany was still one of the top five exporting countries worldwide. In general, the world arms transfer of all countries decreased slightly and about 3.3%.

Ukraine still has to defend itself against Russian attack, Israel still The drum of war is beating in Gaza and big powers like India and China are also upgrading their weapons. The world has not become more peaceful – and current wars and crises affect arms imports and exports.

Each year, the Stockholm Peace Research Institute reports on trade trends. World of Arms reports. When comparing the five-year periods of 2014 to 2018 and 2019 to 2023, Cipri found a 3.3 percent decrease, while significant changes among the largest arms importers and exporters.

Thus, according to this report, Russia, which Long the world’s second largest arms exporter after the US, it has fallen to third place behind France. Russia’s exports decreased by 53% during the same period. Since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the country has been subject to numerous sanctions – and can now sell its weapons, especially to the east, for example to India, the world’s largest importer. India used to get more than a third (36%) of its arms imports from Russia. expand itself significantly – it grew by 47% during this period. China and Germany are still among the top five arms exporting countries.

In the list of major arms importers, India is followed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Ukraine and Pakistan. If you look at world regions rather than individual countries in this ranking, Asia and the Pacific are at the top – followed by the Middle East, Europe and South and North America when calculated together. Africa is further down the list.

The results of the report show that the United States is also the most important supplier of arms to the Middle East, followed by Europe. Zain Hossein, Sipari researcher, said: Despite the overall decrease in arms imports to the Middle East, this import is high in some countries mainly due to conflicts and regional tensions.

According to Sipari information The Zionist regime supplies a significant part of its weapons (about 30%) from Germany. The United States provides almost all of the rest (69 percent) for this regime. Last year, the German federal government approved arms exports to Israel worth 326.5 million euros, 10 times more than in 2022. Most of these exports were approved after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas attacked the occupied territories on October 7, 2023.

In the meantime, the largest recipient of German weapons is still Ukraine. According to the information of the Federal Ministry of Economy, only in the first quarter of this year, the federal government approved the export of military equipment worth 3.3 billion euros to this country.

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