Will the German parliament Stop Flow of Arms to Saudis?

YemenExtra

SH.A.

The German parliament passed a draft resolution banning exporting arms to Saudi Arabia and UAE to the parliamentary Economy and Energy Committee for crimes committed by the US-Saudi coalition on Yemen.

Referral the draft resolution came after its discussion on Saturday, under which the government is prohibited from exporting arms, military equipment or technical support to Saudi Arabia the UAE.

According to the text of the draft resolution – submitted by the parliamentary bloc of the German Left Party – the marine boats of German origin used by Riyadh to impose a naval blockade on the Yemeni coasts, and accused the draft resolution Saudi Arabia and the UAE to arm allied militias.

In its second clause, the draft resolution affirmed that the government must stop issuing new permits as well as revoking previous permits that have been issued. This means depriving Saudi Arabia of armament contracts that it had obtained permits before the new government agreement, which stipulated, inter alia, In the Yemen war.

Klaus Peter Welch, a lawmaker from the ruling Christian Democratic Party, said the ruling coalition had already agreed to restrict the sale of arms to countries involved in the aggression against Yemen.

The Christian Democratic Party, led by Merkel and the Social Democratic Party, agreed in their government program to stop arms exports to countries directly involved in the war in Yemen, but the agreement included an exception to the weapons approved for export before the suspension.

According to German media reports, Berlin has issued permits to sell a weapon to Saudi Arabia worth one billion euros from 2013 to 2017. The UAE has also become the largest customer of German arms manufacturers.

Source: al-masirah.net