Merkel: Germany to Halt Arms Exports to Riyadh

Date: 21 October 2018 - 21:58

News ID: ۵۸۷۹۰

BERLIN (Reuters) -- Germany will not export arms to Saudi Arabia while the current uncertainty over the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi persists, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday.
"First, we condemn this act in the strongest terms," she said. "Second, there is an urgent need to clarify what happened - we are far from this having been cleared up and those responsible held to account ... As far as arms exports are concerned, those can't take place in the current circumstances."