2023-07-01 14:28:50
Eurofighter at Nörvenich Air Base, Germany. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Germany’s coalition government is at odds over whether to yield to British pressure and approve production of the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet for Saudi Arabia.
German newspaper Welt Am Sonntag on July 1, citing unnamed sources, said that one-third of aircraft components Eurofighter Typhoon is from Germany.
Prime minister Olaf Scholz partisan Social Democracy (SPD) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner are leaning towards allowing exports, but the Greens, the junior partner in the ruling coalition and some elements of the SPD vehemently oppose the move.
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Germany imposes arms sales ban to Riyadh after journalist’s murder Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul 2018.
In March 2018, an agreement between then-Chancellor Angela Merkel and the SPD banned the sale of weapons to any party to the war in Yemen, with the exception of some previously approved weapons.
Since Saudi Arabia and Iran resumed relations, Britain has argued that Germany cannot block the export of Eurofighter jets to third parties.
Scholz’s spokesman was not immediately available to comment on Welt am Sonntag’s reports.
According to the source, five years ago, an agreement signed by Riyadh and the world’s leading arms manufacturer – BAE Systems to supply 48 Eurofighter Typhoon-type jets to the Arab country was delayed due to the conflict. war in Yemen, where Saudi-led Arab forces were involved in 2015.
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