The German government has approved further arms deliveries, including. to Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Sudan, which are part of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia in the war in Yemen, the Tagesschau program website reports, citing data from the German Catholic News Agency (KNA).

At the same time, last week, deputies from the government coalition rejected the proposal of the opposition Christian Democrats to put tanks in Ukraine.. For Kuwait alone, the government in Berlin issued 14 individual export licenses worth 1.3 million euros from December 8, 2021 to September 13 this year, the chancellor's office said in response to a request from Bundestag member Sevim Dagdelen..

In the case of Egypt, these were three permits worth about 377,000 euros. Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Sudan are also on the list. “These countries are participating in the war in Yemen as part of a coalition led by Saudi Arabia.. However, the export of arms to Saudi Arabia itself is not approved, ”Tagesschau emphasizes..

As a spokesman for the German Ministry of Economy confirmed in response to an inquiry from the AOC, any future export applications to Saudi Arabia would also be rejected..

Germany's special obligations to its NATO allies are being fulfilled. Within these narrow limits, export permits are possible as an exception, ”added the representative.

According to the government's response to Dagdelen, other countries in the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula are also among the recipients of German weapons.. In addition to Jordan and Oman, this is primarily Qatar, to which the federal government has issued 46 individual export licenses worth 20.7 million? Euro.

Over the weekend, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) visited three Gulf states:

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

“The chancellor supports energy deals with the bloody dictatorships in the Persian Gulf,” Sevim Dagdelen commented, warning that this could open the way for further arms transfers to the region..

As reported, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz named the reason for the refusal to supply tanks to Ukraine..

At the same time, President Volodymyr Zelensky expects the allies to supply artillery, air defense systems and tanks.