Germany stops arms exports to Saudi
Arabia - media report
Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:53am GMT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has decided
to stop exporting arms to Saudi Arabia,
the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag
said on Sunday, citing government
sources as saying the kingdom was "too
unstable" for it to be receiving deliveries
of weapons.
The newspaper said Germany's national
security council, which holds its meetings
in secrecy and is made up of Chancellor
Angela Merkel, Economy Minister Sigmar
Gabriel and seven other ministers, had
made the decision on Wednesday.
The German economy ministry declined to
comment on the article and said it would
publish its report on 2015 arms exports
next year. But it added that would only
include exports that had been approved,
not those which had been declined.
The council members all declined to
approve arms export to Saudi Arabia or
deferred their decision until further
notice, Bild am Sonntag said.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died on
Friday and his successor, King Salman,
takes charge at a time of uncertainty in
the kingdom. The Middle East is in tumult
and the Saudis are nervous about both
Iranian influence and the spread of
Islamist militants.
In October, a document showed
Germany's national security council
approved the export of arms to Saudi
Arabia, Qatar and other countries in the
Middle East. Arms approved for Saudi
Arabia included six weapons systems for
testing and electronic surveillance
equipment.
In contrast, two-thirds of proposed arms
export licenses were declined May 2014,
according to media reports, including to
Arab states.
According to the Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute, Germany was
the world's third-largest arms exporter
from 2008-2012, behind the United
States and Russia.
(Reporting by Michelle Martin and Thomas
Seythal; Editing by Larry King)
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