Germany approves $155m naval arms package to Egypt

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Germany has approved the sale of naval equipment to Egypt worth €130 million ($155 million), according to a letter by the German Economy Minister to the Economic Committee of the Bundestag. The equipment includes nine patrol boats and a coastal defence ship, reports*Al-Monitor. The ships were part of a 2013 deal originally intended to go to Saudi Arabia but the sale was cancelled after Germany*banned arms exports*to Saudi Arabia. In November 2018 Germany banned arms exports to Saudi following the murder of journalist*Jamal Khashoggi*in the*Saudi consulate*in Istanbul. The ban was later extended until 31 December. Angela Merkel's coalition government promised to stop arms exports to countries intervening in the war on Yemen, one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the […]

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