The German government will resume arms deliveries to Saudi Arabia. This is a big change of direction for Berlin, which ended its deliveries in 2018 due to the war in Yemen and the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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With our correspondent in Berlin, Nathalie Versieux
The delivery of 150 long-range Iris-type missiles is officially validated. And Germany will no longer oppose the supply by its British partner of 48 Eurofighters to Riyadh.
The change of course is considerable for Berlin, which traditionally does not deliver weapons to countries at war, with rare exceptions, such as Ukraine and Israel.
“ Saudi Arabia has evolved and is currently playing a very important role in stabilizing Israel after the Hamas attack. », Explains the entourage of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Green Annalena Baerbock.
But this position of Green ministers, in total contradiction with the coalition agreement, is highly contested within the Green party, historically pacifist.
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